Blackstone President and COO Jon Gray made a very good point.

Rohan Paul Twitter · Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai) · 2026-06-14

Blackstone President and COO Jon Gray argues that rule-based professional industries including accounting, legal, and finance face complete AI disruption, citing JPMorgan's replacement of proxy advisors with AI for shareholder vote analysis.

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AI's Real vs. Perceived Effect on Human Cognition and Productivity

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Topics: ai-disruptionprofessional-servicesenterprise-aifinance-ai

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Rule-based professional businesses in accounting, legal, and finance are particularly vulnerable to complete disruption by AI.
JPMorgan has already replaced human proxy advisors with AI systems for shareholder vote decisions.
A senior executive at one of the world's largest investment firms views AI disruption of professional services as a near-certainty.

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Any rule-based businesses, like accounting, legal, finance, will be completely disrupted by AI.