SWARM INTELLIGENCE Predicts Kentucky Will Lose

Last week we asked a SWARM INTELLIGENCE to predict the match-ups in the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA basketball tournament.* Of course, every individual has their own unique strategy for filling out their brackets, from favorite mascots to detailed statistical analysis, but…
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Of Mold and Men (and social swarms…)

I think about slime mold a lot.  And fish.  And birds.  And all other social creatures that have evolved to amplify their collective intelligence by collaborating in closed-loop systems.  We have many names for these natural systems, including flocks, schools, shoals, blooms, herds, and swarms. In…
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Will A.I. destroy humanity? Maybe not…

Will A.I. destroy humanity? Maybe not…

As we dive into 2015, it’s worth reflecting on the groundswell of fear that erupted over the last 12 months related to A.I. and its potential to undermine humanity. The frenzy was kicked off when Physicist Stephen Hawking declared Artificial Intelligence a grave danger to…
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