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[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 29 points 3 months 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 23 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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 4 points 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months ago

What about compared to post-copilot excel?

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