MS AI: 'most, if not all' white-collar tasks automated by AI within 18 months

rcjordan · February 18, 2026, 12:26:10 PM

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Rupert · February 19, 2026, 07:12:44 AM

Aye we're doomed! (Dads Army)

rcjordan · February 19, 2026, 02:03:14 PM

>The example videos are insane - John Wick and Neo meet Terminator

redditors: why am I paying for movies? I'm going to make my own.

This one blew past my filters
AI Visual Intelligence #02 - Captain America vs Batman : Who is gonna win this fight? - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUfz7R25MTE

Rupert · February 20, 2026, 11:10:28 AM

Oh great more violence for ai to think thats how humans behave

Rupert · February 20, 2026, 11:33:37 AM

As for copilot, its doing my head in.
I have asked all 3 versions of it to build a simple spreadsheet. Each one, it seems is incapable of actually doing anything... they are all talk.

If this tool is going to take over the world, it's going to be by grinding us down.
Basic copilot, had me building base64 to get the data into a spreadsheet. It failed of course. I asked if it would help if I asked inside excel... yes it came back, and here is a query to put.
Its failed so far.

Even copilot in Office 365 just keeps coming back with more questions.

I have wasted 3 times the time at least it would have taken me to build it myself.
added... persevering.... who knows why?

It keeps providing files that I cannot download as well. Its all MS, and cannot tell me why not. Back to base64 again now....

I am not designed to talk to computers, they will drive me mad!

rcjordan · February 20, 2026, 03:44:57 PM

Copilot seems to be generally recognized as crap. Try gemini.

*BUT*... as ergo mentioned earlier in another thread, date order seems to be a problem. I picked up several items in my gemini medical history that it shifted by a couple of years. Definitely keep an eye on dates.

rcjordan · February 20, 2026, 03:54:15 PM

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Breaking:
>Well, movies should be cheaper. (But they will not be)

Rupert · February 21, 2026, 07:35:23 AM

Quote from: rcjordan on February 20, 2026, 03:44:57 PMCopilot seems to be generally recognized as crap. Try gemini.

*BUT*... as ergo mentioned earlier in another thread, date order seems to be a problem. I picked up several items in my gemini medical history that it shifted by a couple of years. Definitely keep an eye on dates.

And sorting.

I just thought it might work if it was using their tools. with all the hype... I guess I am just naive.

ergophobe · February 23, 2026, 10:51:28 PM

>> Copilot

Microsoft: 'Summarize With AI' Buttons Used To Poison AI Recommendations
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/microsoft-summarize-with-ai-buttons-used-to-poison-ai-recommendations/567941/

> sorting

For reasons I mentioned, that isn't surprising. If quantum computers ever get built at scale, we all know they will utterly upend cryptography, but they won't be used for spreadsheets and sorting.

So saying that LLMs or quantum computers are bad at sorting is a bit like saying that screwdrivers suck at driving nails.