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This chapter discusses the problems arising from the development of more and more capable and independent thinking machines, so-called “autosomes”. With this development, even the top level of knowledge workers in business are challenged, and it is not clear how things will play out. Adding autosomes to all levels of work will clearly make work-streams more efficient, but as machines start making decisions, the criteria for good and bad decisions, as well as loyalty (to the firm to the stakeholders, to mankind) may lead to unexpected results.
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Weihs, D. (2018). Autosomes as Managers—A Commented Case. In: North, K., Maier, R., Haas, O. (eds) Knowledge Management in Digital Change. Progress in IS. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73546-7_13
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