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It's just a matter of time (lemmy.world)

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[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 27 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Why the hell do they need to replace excel formulas with copilot?

They already do what they're supposed to do: deterministic math operations. There's no need to "improve" on that with non-deterministic LLMs...

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (8 children)

Because Microsoft spent $35 Billion* dollars on AI and needs to see a return on the investment or they're fucked.

And rising

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago (6 children)

What, do they think this is gonna convince more people to sign up for their license? Or do they expect people to pay more for it now?

Either way, it's likely to backfire as people abandon ship for FOSS alternatives...

[–] Aeder@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

IIRC Calc, which is one of the alternatives that is closest to parity still needs a significant investment of time and resources to be on par with pre-Copilot Excel when it comes to performance and functionality.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

What about compared to post-copilot excel?

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