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Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word (www.theverge.com)
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[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 91 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Microsoft says its Agent Mode in Excel has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in SpreadsheetBench, a benchmark for evaluating an AI model’s ability to edit real world spreadsheets.

It generates 42.8% bullshit.

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They probably view that as a statistic worth bragging about. It's not. If Excel got calculations right 57.2% of the time it would be completely worthless.

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I asked copilot to look through my every spreadsheet and find how many instances of a category occurred. I was curious to see if it was any good. Gave me 2 different numbers. Neither were correct.

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Copilot: Putting the "Artificial" in Artificial Intelligence.

[–] sirboozebum@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Fartificial Intelligence

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

The tech behind LLMs could have just been Clippy and everyone would be happy.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So it achieved the actual proficiency of a middle manager…

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

Decades ago. The company that replaced it's CEO with a LLM thrives.

[–] potoo22@programming.dev 11 points 1 month ago

Just keep regenerating data until it's something the stock holders like. Doesn't matter if it's BS. They're already accustomed to that.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nice. Basically a coin flip

[–] GasMaskedLunatic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Slightly better than Vegas. Unfortunately, plenty of people are okay with Vegas odds.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

Not enough accuracy to be useful. Not enough bullshit for politics.