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Excel's =COPILOT

13 points by pykello

by a2128

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I wonder if Microsoft tainting their core products with AI will end up backfiring from people no longer trusting their software.
Excel spreadsheets might end up having errors from people (mis)using =COPILOT formulas, but this will never be a problem in other office suites. Hosting your project on GitHub might attract stupid pull requests from clueless people (mis)using the easy Copilot pull request functionality, but this will never be a problem on other forges.
Maybe the market will respond to this long-term?

by 4ndrewl

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"Its output should be reviewed and validated for accuracy, especially for critical business decisions or reports."
And I'd do that by writing out the function in Excel? :)

by guidedlight

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Is it just me, but doesn’t it seem like a terrible idea to bake the COPILOT trademark into the name of an Excel function?
It could allow Microsoft to threaten to use trademark law against competitors who support the Excel file format.
It would also mean Microsoft would need to provide indefinite support for a function name that might not survive more than a few marketing cycles.

by creatonez

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Yet another way to make horrific data errors in your mission critical spreadsheets.