It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes | Defector
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It’s not AI winter just yet, though there is a distinct chill in the air. Meta is shaking up and downsizing its artificial intelligence division. A new report out of MIT finds that 95 percent of companies’ generative AI programs have failed to earn any profit whatsoever. Tech stocks tanked Tuesday, regarding broader fears that […]

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Excel requires some skill to use (to the point where high-level Excel is a competitive sport), and AI is mostly an exercise in deskilling its users and humanity at large.

    • theparadox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I think the concern is that you can come up with a number of formulas that will get correct answers for some combinations of values and not others.

      If you do not understand the logic of the formula, and what each function does, how do you verify they are correct and will always give you the results you think they will? Double check every result in it’s entirety?

      • Lightfire228@pawb.socialEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        That’s my thinking

        If you know what you’re doing, it’s significantly easier to do it yourself

        You at least have some reassurance it’s correct (or at least thought through)