by Jesper Bleeke.
“What does it mean to be human, to be machine, and to be intelligent?“ – Jesper Bleeke
In 2024 I was undertaking a master’s degree in Digital Management in the UK. One of the modules, titled Intelligent Machines, made me ask what it means to be human, to be machine, and to be intelligent. I sensed there was still much to uncover. Something in our human-centred ways of organizing felt askew.
From that initial question came the first seeds of my thesis on Non-Human Knowledge Workers and, in time, the article you now read. If nothing else, I hope these pages clarify a few questions and invite better ones.