Fresh Thinking for Forward Movers

Position paper, version 1.0 Abstract Artificial intelligence research has organised itself around two frontiers of understanding: the symbolic world of language and information, and the physical world of objects, causality and embodiment. This paper argues for a third. Organised human systems, the firms and institutions through which almost all consequential human activity is conducted, constitute a distinct and unexamined form of intelligence. They perceive, remember, learn,

Enterprises are among humanity's most complex forms of intelligence. How do we build systems that understand them? The question is often received as a philosophical one. However it is also an engineering one. Three maxims were carved into the forecourt of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, where Greek citizens, generals and entire city-states came to consult the oracle before going to war, founding a colony, or committing to anything. The first was two words: know thyself. Wheth