It's algorithms all the way down?
When reading this post I couldn't help but think about Stafford Beer's Viable System Model (VSM) which I think is the perfect fit for an organisation made up of humans and AI agents. I've written about VSM numerous times as part of my postgraduate studies into Systems Thinking.
The post's author, Daniel Miessler, uses a lot of AI-generated diagrams (including the one above) and uses the word 'just' in his title, which I think is a bit of a naive way of putting it. For example, there is no way that an AI can grok the entire context of a multinational company. I'm sure there's a shiny-suited consultant who thinks that it can, and also thinks that they can prove it. But there's no way in which the complexity of an actually functioning multinational business, with all of the nuance of existing in multiple cultures and regions, can be fully automated.
That's why I think that AI is going to be extremely useful for optimising, but less useful for entirely redesigning. That's going to take some human skill and context. At least I hope so.
- Businesses can be seen as a Graph of Algorithms.
- Once articulated in this way, inefficiencies and opportunities for optimization/elimination become clear.
- AI is about to make this process commonplace for all businesses because companies can't wait to optimize using AI, and AI is fueled by transparency.
- Whether you're a business owner or an employee, it's time to start getting ready.
- Understand what your business looks like as a Graph of Algorithms, and start thinking about what AI will recommend before it gets there.
Source: danielmiessler.com
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