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> Can it do meaningful work in excel?

Yes it can.

But more importantly have you tried ChatGPT Data Analyst?: https://openai.com/index/improvements-to-data-analysis-in-ch...

It drops the barrier for "pretty good data analysis" to effectively zero.

> Can it do meaningful PowerPoint work?

Canva and Figma are both building this and they are pretty decent right now. Better than most PowerPoints I've seen.

The aforementioned Data Analyst does good presentations in a different way, too.

> Can it give effective advice on management?

Yes. Unfortunately can't talk about this except it is mindblowingly good.



> The aforementioned Data Analyst does good presentations in a different way, too.

And on top of that, it can do PowerPoint presentations too - magic keywords are "use Python and Pandoc".




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