It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes | Defector
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It’s not AI winter just yet, though there is a distinct chill in the air. Meta is shaking up and downsizing its artificial intelligence division. A new report out of MIT finds that 95 percent of companies’ generative AI programs have failed to earn any profit whatsoever. Tech stocks tanked Tuesday, regarding broader fears that […]

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Excel requires some skill to use (to the point where high-level Excel is a competitive sport), and AI is mostly an exercise in deskilling its users and humanity at large.

  • rekabis@lemmy.caEnglish
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    20 hours ago

    “Microsoft Excel is testing a new AI-powered function that can automatically fill cells in your spreadsheets.”

    Every year, Microsoft gives me more reasons to permanently leave their products.

    Unfortunately, due to compatibility with financial and other Windows-only software I still need to run Windows, but I am down to two rigs and it might go down to one in the new year.

    • Part4@infosec.pubEnglish
      2·
      17 hours ago

      A virtual machine running windows, to host just those apps, might be a good step away at this point.

    • tyler@programming.devEnglish
      11·
      19 hours ago

      apparently you should be able to run any windows app with WinApps on linux, but I think they have a bug or something right now because I haven’t been able to get it to work.

      • rhabarba@feddit.orgOPEnglish
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        12 hours ago

        The problem is that they are still Microsoft applications. You can’t say “I’ll leave Microsoft!” and run their software in a Windows simulator anyway. That would be … inaccurate, to say the least.