"That one where a vendor sent a fake PDF by email?" I continued. "Someone in accounts payable opened it, manually typed it into JDE, and it got paid."
Marta nodded. It hurt.
"The problem there wasn't the software," I told her. "It was the 'human finger.' Email is insecure. Attachments are insecure. Copy-paste is insecure."
She was listening now.
I explained that her current process, the one she was protecting so fiercely, was full of holes. Holes shaped like tired humans entering data at 4 PM on a Friday.
"You're afraid the AI acts like a crazy intern," I said. "But right now, you rely on tired people checking PDFs manually against JDE screens. That’s where the danger is."
"Okay," she conceded, crossing her arms. "But how does adding a chatbot fix that without adding new risks?"
"Because the Chatbot is not the accountant," I smiled. "The Chatbot is just the messenger boy."
I took out my phone.
"Let me show you the Bouncer."
(To be continued tomorrow...)
