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[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (19 children)

It pains me to defend an AI feature, but this whole tweet is disingenuous and stupid. The documentation for =COPILOT() says a few things which are relevant to understand what we're seeing here:

  • You're not supposed to use it for math
  • It only has access to the parts of the spreadsheet you pass it as the second argument

In this case the user has not provided copilot any cells to look at, so they're just asking what the typical answer on the Internet is for the request "sum the numbers above". And the sum of numbers above things are apparently often 15.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The issue isn't about what it can and can't do, it's that it is CONSTANTLY attempting to step in and "fix" my spreadsheet in bizarrely inane ways. Why won't it give me the "shut up and stay the fuck out of my way" option? There is no option to remove or silence copilot. That damn thing follows my cursor like a ring wraith after Frodo. It has already fucked up more than one of my spreadsheets without asking or being asked. If I hadn't been paying attention, I might not have caught the absolutely bat shit insane edits it was making to simple and correct functions I'd already entered. No, copilot you don't know what I'm doing. Clippy was less intrusive.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The reason they have Copilot act without you requesting it is so they can show their investors Copilot is being used.

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