# Spreadsheets and AI **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 25, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spreadsheets-and-ai/1027975 "2026-02-25T21:38:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 18
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spreadsheets-and-ai/1027975/18 "2026-02-26T14:32:58Z")
To clarify to both you and @Dinsdale - my common understanding of “spreadsheet” is same as @Dinsdale but this thread is specifically asking about the Excel sort. @puzzlegal’s comment: > [@Do you feel it's important for younger generations to be able to read an analog clock? If so why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-its-important-for-younger-generations-to-be-able-to-read-an-analog-clock-if-so-why/1027820/299): > > I’m going to humbly suggest you are rejecting spreadsheets for much the same reason people who aren’t comfortable with analog clocks reject them. It’s not a skill you’ve ever become comfortable with. was one for me to seriously consider. I am in the, not small, group of knowledge workers who do not use them. I get presented them sure. But when I was in my administration role I made requests of what data I wanted and sometimes grabbed specific information to number crunch by hand for my very specific questions. I was honestly completely ignorant that this tool is actively used by so many. Yes I do suspect that _most_ will be in my position in the very near future: knowing what meaningful questions they want answered, what data comparisons they want to make, what trends they want to look at, what distracting garbage they don’t want, and querying the agent to create it. The agent will just be much more rapidly responsive than any of my administrative support was! Clearly we are not quite there yet. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spreadsheets-and-ai/1027975)._