Organizations-as-AIs (both corporations and governments) was brought up in Engines of Creation in the mid-80s. I suppose Drexler got the idea from the MIT AI cu

Organizations-as-AIs (both corporations and governments) was brought up in Engines of Creation in the mid-80s. I suppose Drexler got the idea from the MIT AI culture (I don't remember anything specific about corporations, but there was e.g. Hewitt & someone else's "The Scientific Community Metaphor") and Hayek.