I didn’t know it was possible, but Copilot agents like Writing Coach can fail in new ways every day.
Today for example I tried Writing Coach to refine something that I had worked on Friday. The same document, but this time it didn’t get remembered in the chat so I had to start from scratch. Problem 1. Then after I got a reasonable output, I asked it to save to word. Nope, doesn’t want to do it. Offers to email it to me on Friday, and that didn’t work so I’m not going down that road again. Problem 2.
Now the problems aren’t done yet. It offered to write it to a markdown format which I said yes and copied. I pasted it into Word and then asked Copilot in Word to convert it. Instead of changing the pasted markdown text in the document that it saw, it created a new word file and converted it to regular formatting. Why? Problem 3. Then it wouldn’t allow me to save it without choosing edit. I just showed that I had the right to edit it since I pasted the content. Why are you playing games with me? Problem 4.
Got the file saved and then sent to the client. What a process. The more that I use Copilot/ChatGPT the more that it becomes obvious that doing it without AI is probably better for everyone. Less stress for sure.