The joke
Everyone round the table is a laptop. One of them, apparently, is Steve. The human with the notepad is the only one who doesn't know which.
The irony
Org charts are built on names: boxes with people in them. But when the work is done by a mix of people and software, the name in the box tells you less and less. Steve might be a person, an agent, or a person running three agents. Does it matter, as long as the work comes out right? Sometimes yes. Sometimes, honestly, no.
So what?
Our papers say who or what does a piece of work is a property of it, not its definition. The Periodic Table of Work calls these isotopes: the same capability made a different way, by a person, an AI or a mix. What we insist on is that you can always find the Nucleus, the named person who answers for it. So yes, find out which one is Steve. Then find out who answers for Steve.
If you couldn't tell who or what did a piece of work, would you mind, as long as it was done well? Tell us in the comments, or respond to the paper.
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