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Dan Berlin

@banderlin.bsky.social

Founder of Watch City Research, UX Researcher, PhD student, Editor of / author in 97 UX Things book and litter eschewer

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Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social · last yr.

The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · last yr.

Good thing no one uses Microsoft Excel for anything related to legal, regulatory or compliance business functions www.theverge.com/news/761338/...

Microsoft Excel adds Copilot Al to help ... theverge.com The Verget-4.1-mini Al model | 5 successor to the LABS.GENERATIVEAI function Microsoft started experimenting with in 2023. Microsoft notes that you can combine its new Al function with other Excel functions, including IF, SWITCH, LAMBDA, or WRAPROWS. The company adds that information sent through Excel's COPILOT function is "never" used for AI training, as "the input remains confidential and is used solely to generate your requested output." The COPILOT function comes with a couple of limitations, as it can't access information outside your spreadsheet, and you can only use it to calculate 100 functions every 10 minutes. Microsoft also warns against using the AI function for numerical calculations or in “high-stakes scenarios” with legal, regulatory, and compliance implications, as COPILOT "can give incorrect responses." Copy Share Select all Web search Dictionary ...
Adam Rowan@shinjutnt.bsky.social · last yr.

I've come to the conclusion that Occam's Razor has become outdated in the modern age. I hereby propose to replace it with Occam's Spoon. The explanation that makes the least sense is probably true