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Broken registry9/14/2023 ![]() ![]() What we find funny, though, is that Microsoft's assertion that work is broken is also a tacit admission that it's somewhat Microsoft's fault for providing so many communication tools that management really want to use. As if to underline the point, a Microsoft survey of workers pegged "having inefficient meetings" as the top "obstacle to productivity." This was followed by "lacking clear goals" and, once again, "having too many meetings." That's two working days obliterated by what many workers seem to think amount to little more than talking shops. It said that rather than workers fearing they'd be wholesale replaced by AI, they are eager for it to "lift the weight of work." Author and organizational psychology professor Adam Grant was also wheeled out to say: "It's fascinating that people are more excited about AI rescuing them from burnout than they are worried about it eliminating their jobs.It followed this up with the disturbing finding that "the heaviest email users (top 25 percent) spend 8.8 hours a week on email, and the heaviest meeting users (top 25 percent) spend 7.5 hours a week in meetings." Quite obviously, given where its allegiances currently lie, Microsoft also believes the wundertech is the solution. Just ask Palantir, which merely mentioned its upcoming OpenAI-based product in its recent financial results and saw its stock shoot up by 22 percent. Now AI is the answer to all civilization's ills. Working from home could kill career advancement, says IBM CEO.White House pledges $140 million for seven new AI research centers.The first real robot war is coming: Machine versus lawyer.Meta wheels out Deloitte to plug the metaverse.It followed this up with the disturbing finding that "the heaviest email users (top 25 percent) spend 8.8 hours a week on email, and the heaviest meeting users (top 25 percent) spend 7.5 hours a week in meetings." ![]()
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