Intelligent Machines and Humans

The Atomic Human Perspective

Neil D. Lawrence

YPO Cambridge Global Leaders’ Programme

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Bauby and Shannon

bits/min
billions
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6
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calculations/s
~100
a billion
a billion
embodiment
20 minutes
5 billion years
15 trillion years

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  1. Human attention will always be a “scarce resource” (See Simon, 1971)
  2. Humans will never stop being interested in other humans.
  3. Organisations will keep trying to “capture” the attention economy.

  • book: The Atomic Human
  • twitter: @lawrennd
  • The Atomic Human pages atomic human, the 13 , Le Scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) 10–12, Bauby, Jean Dominique 9–11, 18, 90, 99-101, 133, 186, 212–218, 234, 240, 251–257, 318, 368–369, Shannon, Claude 10, 30, 61, 74, 98, 126, 134, 140, 143, 149, 260, 264, 269, 277, 315, 358, 363, baby shoes 368, Blake, William Newton 121–123, Blake, William Newton 121–123, 258, 260, 283, 284, 301, 306, MONIAC 232-233, 266, 343, human-analogue machine (HAMs) 343-347, 359-359, 365-368.
  • podcast: The Talking Machines
  • newspaper: Guardian Profile Page
  • blog: http://inverseprobability.com

Lawrence, N.D., 2024. The atomic human: Understanding ourselves in the age of AI. Allen Lane.
Simon, H.A., 1971. Designing organizations for an information-rich world. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.