Answering questions with chatGPT, GPT4 and BARD

[shili12]

• Rule #17:
  The use of AI tools (e.g. chatGPT, BARD, GPT4) to create forum answers is not permitted. If a user is believed to have used such tools to provide a forum answer, sanctions may be imposed.

the other forum made rules,
anything from chandoo ?

 

[Marc L]

Yes this other forum is very restrictive as usual and for the moment Chandoo forum does not have such rule …​

According to what I have seen about VBA & ChatGPT for example​

most of the time - 99% ish - the solution provided is not good enough.​

It can work only with people already well knowing VBA so the reason why that's useless to answer on VBA forums !​

I saw so many threads on VBA forums like « this ChatGPT code does not work as expected » …​

And when someone try to help with such tool his post may be ridiculous then he looks like a dumb !​

A moderator from another forum told me the spammers use such 'tool' in order to create fake accounts​

to later bypass the 'forum controls' when creating their spams …​

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I won't care if the code shared works at least - like a Macro Recorder generated code ! - but I wanna know​

if that comes from such 'tool' in order to see if I can help with a better more efficient way.​

But if the code does not work as expected, my comment may be rough …​

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[BilbaoDaniel]

• Rule #17:
  The use of AI tools (e.g. chatGPT, BARD, GPT4) to create forum answers is not permitted. If a user is believed to have used such tools to provide a forum answer, sanctions may be imposed.

the other forum made rules,
anything from chandoo ?

Thanks for helping me know the rules to use ChatGPT more reasonably

 

[pecoflyer]

I won't care if the code shared works at least - like a Macro Recorder generated code ! - but I wanna knowif that comes from such 'tool' in order to see if I can help with a better more efficient way.But if the code does not work as expected, my comment may be rough …

We seem to be having a member ( @Monty ) making heavy use of AI, without letting us know

 

[Marc L]

Not sure about he used it but for sure he must first try 'his code' before posting !​

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[Monty]

Marc, I've been a member since 2014 and consistently seek help from this group while also trying to assist those who struggle with Excel, just like I do. I strive to be honest in my learning approach.

Regarding trying before posting, I actually don't, as I've had bad experiences with viruses on my system from downloading Excel files provided by users. Therefore, I refrain from downloading Excel files and writing code or formulas directly onto them.

 

[Marc L]

So it's better to not post if you can't test if your code works at least …​

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[Monty]

I will make sure Marc!

 

[pecoflyer]

Regarding trying before posting, I actually don't, as I've had bad experiences with viruses on my system from downloading Excel files provided by users

With today's tools that should not be a problem anymore. I've been on forums for years and never heard of it. But you did not say if your answers are obtained with AI or not? ( and I'm not the only one to thinks so)

 

[Marc L]

According to virus within an Excel macro workbook : I've seen it, not always directly but for sure it can occur …​

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Anyway Monty, if you do not want to take some risk, with a good enough Excel security setup​

when you open a downloaded workbook some popup arises in order you can not accept the inner macros​

then it is easy for you to copy the data to a brand new workbook then just close the downloaded workbook​

in order to work only with the brand new one where you can add your own VBA procedure.​

As a reminder you can save the downloaded macro workbook to a .xlsx file which automatically removes any VBA code …​

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