The Strategic Case for RPA and Machine Learning in Finance, Part 1

Even after the machine-based computers came online, humans were still very much part of the equation, utilizing their skills to define the right theories and strategies. Depending on your business, there are two types of automation/AI that a finance organization can start employing: machine learning and RPA (Robotic Process Automation). First, let's get one thing straight--robots are not stealing our jobs. When NASA's Apollo program hired human computers to help decipher the math for the moon landing--so compellingly presented in the film "Hidden Figures"--today's machines were not readily available. In fact, the math for the computational questions they needed to answer hadn't even been invented.