The "rhizocorp" and the future of megacorporate management

Exciting new location: our regular attendee Dan Salmo has started a new coworking space, Renaissance AI Lab. More information below.

We'll have some of our usual networking and semi-structured conversation before a presentation from Alex on his mildly science-fictional ideas on how AI will impact administration of large organizations in the long-term.

Abstract:
We don't always call it out in the abstract but it is difficult to run a large organization in such a way that it efficiently gets useful things done. Part of the "why" story is that scale makes it more difficult for the left hand to know what the right hand is doing, and many of us have had experiences where it seemed endless meetings were still not enough to pass on necessary information. What if AI could handle some of these meetings? Even in the present generation of LLMs, there is a clear ability to summarize and share information that maybe goes underappreciated. The "rhizocorp" (a term coined by Matthew Gladden as far as I know) refers to the idea that AI could thus allow organizations to function better at larger scale and, more subtly, with a more decentralized structure.

This talk was originally scheduled almost a year ago to the day but canceled. There will be some bonus commentary on the difference a year makes in the time warp slipstream of AI.

About the space:
Renaissance AI Lab is a new coworking space for technologists and coders who want a focused environment alongside like-minded people—a place to do deep work, ship projects, and learn from others. We are excited about AI and hope to provide a hub for the AI community in St. Louis.

https://www.renaissanceailab.com/