Over the past six months, we’ve learned how AI can be used for many tasks: creating art (fave. co/3IrcWds), powering a sophisticated chatbot (fave.co/3I7qDye), and so on. But what if you could use it to actually assist you in your job?
If your job is working with Excel, you’re in luck. A free site (with registration) does just that: Excel Formulator (fave.co/3kmv8gg). Excel Formulator takes your instructions, in plain English, and turns them into an Excel formula. “Pick the highest value in column C and assign it to the cell to the right of the cell labeled ‘Big Spender’” turns into =MAX(C:C) & "Big Spender". Copy the latter into the formula field into an Excel cell, and you’ve saved yourself some time—or, for those who don’t have a sophisticated knowledge of Excel, you now have a quick-and-dirty solution to an irritating problem.
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