Is Artificial Intelligence Going to Make Excel Obsolete with Christian Torres

In this episode of the Artificial Intelligence Podcast, Christian Torres discusses whether AI will make Excel obsolete. Torres argues that AI will instead force better data hygiene, emphasizing the importance of structured and clean data for AI tools like ChatGPT to be effective in Excel. The conversation covers the overhype of AI, the problem of digital data hoarding, and the necessity of planning and process design before implementing AI solutions. Torres shares his experiences in internal tool development, highlighting the need for clear inputs and outputs when using AI and the value of testing and iteration. He also introduces the DMAIC framework for problem-solving and stresses the importance of understanding data and defining the problem before automating processes with AI.