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What are people actually using AI for in office programs? I spend almost all day working on email, documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Every time in the past that I have tried to use AI tools, it has either failed to perform the task, done it poorly/incorrectly, or taken longer than using traditional tools (requiring multiple prompts, editing and correcting, etc.)
Am I just a dinosaur? Are there people who really use these tools productively?
In email its pretty good. I hate writing polite emails and its great at softening the tone.
This is my main use case. This and the responses that get generated in teams when I just don’t care and clicking whatever it has is fine.