# Fess up... Have you used AI deliberately?

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> [@Spice\_Weasel](#):
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> Tangential question: what did people use before Excel?

There was a thread about this earlier this year: [What is a spreadsheet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-spreadsheet/1028642)

Oh, and another one 20 years ago… [What did people use before spreadsheets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-people-use-before-spreadsheets/380159)

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