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Post #4492246

2026-08-11 07:27 UTC

@JaxVent@lgbtqia.space @paulshryock@phpc.social @jschauma@mstdn.social 😂 And what do you think the built-in help system is made from? Yeah, I could have searched.... if I'd known what key words to search on. And that's still AI these days, even the "non-AI" results. As for my colleagues, they're still adding up long lists of numbers themselves instead of using the SUM formula. So I really don't have anyone to ask. Sorry, but it sounds like I actually know a bit more than you do on this one. For one thing, I know AI has been around for a lot longer than this century. I've always learned spreadsheets by saying "there has to be a way to do this", from the paper reference manuals of the 90s to search to today. The original claim was that anyone using AI didn't want to learn, didn't care how things actually worked. My point was it can be used as a learning and problem-solving tool. Again, that doesn't mean I don't research the negative/unethical sides of AI. And I do agree it's absolutely overhyped.

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  • @JaxVent@lgbtqia.space 2026-08-11 07:32

    @eyrea@mstdn.ca @paulshryock@phpc.social @jschauma@mstdn.social It's not copilot, it's not AI. It's a preloaded set of help topics that existed well before copilot. You can access it by pressing F1. Alternatively, you can press the formula button next to the formula bar, and get a whole load of options for formula assistance by typing in key words eg 'date'. Again, not copilot. These things existed long before copilot and are more accurate. Did you only start using excel since copilot integration? You can turn that off.

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