The Human Layer: Designing Human Agency in the Age of Intelligent Systems - Couverture souple

Cohen, Gil

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798998032103

Editeur : Cognitive State Systems LLC, 2026

Synopsis

The systems around us can already summarize, recommend, predict, personalize, and increasingly act. But the person still has to decide what matters and live with the consequence.
In The Human Layer, founder and operator Gil Cohen asks a deceptively simple question: As intelligence around us becomes more capable, what must remain human and how do we design for it?
Drawing on decades in finance, operations, physical products, family experience, music, immersive environments, and AI, Cohen traces the path from real-world operating lessons to a design philosophy for human agency in intelligent environments. He explores attention, interfaces, privacy, evidence, language, AI authority, and the systems entering work, care, education, travel, and daily life.
This is not an anti-AI manifesto or a final formula. It is an invitation to keep the person visible as systems become more capable.
Different generations. Better evidence. Same human question.
The environment may be shared. The journey is still personal.

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À propos de l'auteur

Gil Cohen is the Founder and Steward of Cognitive State Systems LLC and creator of Cognitive State Design. His work explores a central question: as intelligent systems become more capable, what must remain human and how should we design for it? His perspective draws from decades across finance, entrepreneurship, manufacturing, technology, immersive environments, music, and AI. The Human Layer brings those experiences together around human agency, judgment, responsibility, and the relationship between people and increasingly capable systems.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cognitive State Systems LLC
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798998032103
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 190
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible