• Dave@lemmy.nz
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    19 hours ago

    When you use spread sheets a lot, much of what makes you productive is that you know exactly what Excel will do. Like yes I know it’s going to try to increment when actually I want to fill this column with 1s or whatever, but I can hold ctrl and override it and all is good.

    With copilot, you will never be sure what it’s going to do. I feel like it would slow me down even if it guessed right 90% of the time.

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      18 hours ago

      That’s not just limited to excel. The basic value of computers is how deterministic they are. AI is just probability programs that are reintroduce chaos into the system.

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        18 hours ago

        That’s why I got into computers as an 80s kid. You mean it does exactly as I say and any fuck ups are on me?! Let’s go!

        I can see my small children growing up to never know that’s how it used to be and any fuck ups are on AI. Just how computers work. 🤷🏻