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      I think it saw A as the column header, assumed this was Hex, added everything up, and then converted back to Decimal and got 15, because off-by-one errors are unavoidable.

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        There was no thinking, “assumptions”, addition, or conversions. It saw numbers and generated another number that hit it’s “this should go next” filter first.

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          Yup…the comment above yours is giving copilot way too much credit lol. That shit needs to stay a 1000 miles away from Excel.

          Excel is already a global nightmare, with so many jank should be databases run on it, with AI on top…oh boy.

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            All good. It’s just something I see a lot of people say without sarcasm or irony a lot, and I think it’s a dangerous assumption to have about these algorithms. The personification of them has been the biggest boon to the over-hyped adoption and investment they received these past years, so I generally make a point to clarify when I see it, if only to better inform those who might not realize.