Future of Work

When the AI revolution hits your job, will it help or replace you? Microsoft’s new study, analyzing 200,000 real-world conversations between users and Bing Copilot, offers the most grounded answer to date. Rather than speculating what LLMs could do, this research asks what users are actually doing with them — and how often those interactions overlap with real occupational tasks. The key innovation? The authors distinguish between user goals (what users ask AI to help with) and AI actions (what the AI does in response). This split allows them to track when Copilot acts as a coach, co-pilot, or full-on doer of tasks — a nuance missing from many economic forecasts. ...

🚀 Imagine this You’re leading a remote product team. You don’t open 10 dashboards or write a long Monday morning memo. Instead, you tell your AI assistant: “Feels like the team’s losing steam on the current roadmap. Scan team chat, recent commits, and tickets—suggest three pivot options that keep morale up but move us forward.” Five minutes later, your AI dashboard lights up: GPT-4 Turbo (via Slack AI plugin) summarizes three recurring frustrations from team chats. Notion AI detects a spike in unscheduled design iterations over the last week—indicating creative drift. Asana’s AI recommends reprioritizing one stalled feature based on recent comments and progress indicators. You take a breath. Let the vibes guide you. ...