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by jonfw 315 days ago
> Answer me this question. In the near future if we could have LLMs that can traverse to massive amount of data why do we need to make excel sheets anymore?

A couple of related questions- if airplanes can fly themselves with auto-pilot, why do we need steering yolks? If I have a dishwasher- why do I still keep sponges and dish soap next to my sink?

The technology is nowhere near being reliable enough that we can eschew traditional means of interacting with data. That doesn't prevent the technology from being massively useful.