Humans + AI meta-patterns, humans in 2035, accelerating M&A, power to the people, and more

📖In this issue

• Framework: Meta-patterns of Humans + AI Thinking

• How LLMs are giving power to the people

• GenAI is accelerating and improving M&A

• Who will humans be in 2035? Experts on whether AI’s impact will be positive or negative

• Podcast: Kieran Gilmurray on agentic AI, software labor, restructuring roles, and AI native intelligence businesses

💡Framework: Meta-patterns of Humans + AI Thinking

I created this simple visual some time ago for the 'AI-Augmented Thinking & Decision-Making' courses I was running, guiding participants through how specifically to apply these approaches to their work.

I have been meaning to refine this outline to reflect how I have further developed the model before sharing. But it's probably better to share it as is and provide more advanced versions when I get there.

I have created a detailed explanation of each element and meta-pattern.

🧠🤖Humans + AI

How LLMs are giving power to the people

AI doyen Andrej Karpathy has neatly laid out how genAI results in power to the people.

In short, LLMs massively empower individuals. Used well, they augment thinking and intentions to an extraordinary degree.

The impact is far more muted and delayed for large organizations, which have entrenched ways of working that will take years to shift through careful negotiation of culture and governance. Go to the links for the full argument.

Power to the people: How LLMs flip the script on technology diffusion
Summary of key insights

GenAI is accelerating and improving M&A

Bain’s latest M&A survey show just 21% of M&A practitioners are using GenAI, with 16% planning to. But those leaders are reaping real benefits: 54% see accelerated timelines, 33% say reduced cost, and 79% report less manual effort.

Generative AI in M&A: You’re Not Behind—Yet
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Who will humans be in 2035? Experts on whether AI’s impact will be positive or negative

Humans and human cognition are evolving rapidly. We can't know who we will become, but there will be at minimum deep change, on balance negative, according to a survey of experts by Imagining the Digital Future Center.

Stand by for our podcast interview with report co-author Lee Rainie!

Being Human in 2035: Experts predict significant change in the ways humans think, feel, act and relate to one another in the Age of AI
Summary of key insights

🎙️This week’s podcast episode

Why you should listen

Kieran digs into the implications of agentic AI for the workforce, roles, and the evolution of organizations.