They run on excel today. They will run on code in the future. Excel was a way for normies to write code with all the limitations that came with it. Now normies can just write the code.

I used to work as a trader for a major investment bank. Everything was excel. I can’t see it staying that way.

> Now normies can just write the code.

Normies know enough Excel to debug their "code". Will they be able to debug code AI produces?

> I used to work as a trader for a major investment bank. Everything was excel. I can’t see it staying that way.

How much of that Excel usage is part of the regular flow? As in several different teams using and sharing Excel files with a common template, so they can have macros that depend on the shape of data in the spreadsheet?

If the traders are mostly just using it for their own individual analyses, I can believe you. If they're sharing the Excel files across disparate departments ... it will be tougher.

A much simpler solution that a full blown replacement is simply having AI read, understand and edit Excel files. Why go with a completely different solution if the AI can solve all your problems within Excel?