Microsoft Ongoing Research

Interesting set of current research ongoing in a grant funded by microsoft.

• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/ai-and-the-new-future-of-work/recipients/

Broader presentation here on future of work. Is also on my reading list page.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/12/NFWReport2023-6580ebba7b89b.pdf

Includes the ideas of micromoments and microproductivity. In fact, this is really a good indicator that decomposing these tasks into smaller tasks in the GIST framework or for agents in general is something that AI is really good at.

Finally the productivity report itself is here :

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/12/AI-and-Productivity-Report-First-Edition.pdf