While I expect this is fake, I don't know whats worse about it. the fact that copilot got that wrong, or the fact that they used it in the first place instead of one of the 3 built in functions that can summarize cells.

[–] black0ut@pawb.social 21 points 4 weeks ago

From what I can gather, it's not actually fake. Apparently you need to prompt the AI in a very specific way so that it produces the desired result instead of making the numbers up (which imo defeats the whole purpose of using the AI instead of learning the formulas)

https://office-watch.com/2025/copilot-excel-function-dangers/

[–] marcela@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

AI in Excel is simply a frightening idea.

[–] irelephant@programming.dev 8 points 4 weeks ago

It's unfortunately real as well. https://programming.dev/post/39347864

[–] Bongles@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 weeks ago

It's there and it's pretty bad

[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 15 points 4 weeks ago

Lets put an AI button in the middle of the screen

[–] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The parrot is rooting for the digital parrot.

[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

But unlike stochastic parrots, real parrots can be taught to understand what they are saying to a certain extent.

[–] ellypony@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

My harkness test is that if you wouldn't trust it to run a nuclear power plant. Why on earth would you trust it making changes on your own computer?

"Help! There's a mode conflict at startup! ECCS pressure is plummeting and core temps are over 500°C"

ChatGPT: "Hmmm this is a complex issue that requires thought and consideration... Disable auto-SCRAM, insert rods, and pray to the god of your choosing"

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I barely trust myself to run a nuclear power plant until the next scheduled maintenance (I wouldn't touch anything and wait for it to shutdown on its own), but I happily trust myself with root permissions and slapped together bash scripts (but not both at the same time).

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

My harkness test is that if you wouldn't trust it to run a nuclear power plant. Why on earth would you trust it making changes on your own computer?

If I followed that standard, I also wouldn't run Windows. And....I don't. So yeah. It checks out.

[–] rook@lemmy.zip 9 points 4 weeks ago

Of course he gets the job, he is probably smarter than the whole team at MS.

[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago

I suspect parrots may be more sensible than that