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Tools for Thought

Better thinking through AI

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A New Computing Experience project
at Microsoft Research, Cambridge UK

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The Future of AI in Knowledge Work: Tools for Thought at CHI 2025

2025年4月18日 | Sean Rintel, Leon Reicherts, Lev Tankelevitch, Advait Sarkar, Pratik Ghosh, 和 Richard Banks

Join us at CHI 2025 to explore how AI systems can be used as Tools for Thought as we reimage AI’s role in human thinking. Learn about new research, prototypes, and a workshop on designing AI that supports critical thinking,…

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The Tools for Thought team is interdisciplinary, mixing experts in social science, computer science, engineering, and design. The team is co-lead by Richard Banks and Sean Rintel.