Information is Logic, Authority is Relationship, and Communication is Shared Meaning: A Gemini Assisted Synthesis of Simon, Barnard, and Drucker
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https://doi.org/10.33423/sbg9rp93Keywords:
leadership, accountability, ethics, approach, artificial intelligence, Bit, bounded rationality, capitalist, carpenter’s metaphor, communication center, decision premise, demand, entropy, fact vs. value premise, force, incentives of communication, info-communication gap, perception, power, redundancy, subjective aspects of authority, zone of IndifferenceAbstract
On February 6, 2026, I used Google Gemini as a “Superuser” approach (Bell, 2026) to answer my seven expert questions of increasing complexity. I was able to prompt Gemini with my question #6 which led to my discovery that Shannon’s (1948) “Mathematical Theory of Communication” shows a parallel of computer Bits to Simon’s Bounded Rationality. Although AI lacks human agency and accountability (Bell, 2025), Gemini was very useful in helping me develop a synthesis of the main concepts of convergent and divergent communication themes. The whole exercise was cast as a preparatory activity for classroom instruction to a first-year MBA course on managerial communication, with test bank questions and cases written at the appropriate grade level using Flesch (1948) and Kincaid, et al. (1975) as a guide to the appropriateness of written materials that could be used for teaching, learning and assessment. Google’s Gemini AI has become a “Super Tool for Superusers” (Bell, 2026). The quality of the expert questions I used to prompt the AI created a unique individuality, and that is what led to the scientific discoveries in this investigation.
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