How does nature amplify the intelligence of groups? It forms swarms. Louis B. Rosenberg More Quotes by Louis B. Rosenberg More Quotes From Louis B. Rosenberg Beyond individual intelligence, nature has also cultivated intelligence through swarms. For example, bees, birds and fish act in a more intelligent way when acting together as a swarm, flock or school. Louis B. Rosenberg intelligence nature together school The reason that fish form schools, birds form flocks, and bees form swarms is that they are smarter together than they would be apart. They don't take a vote; they don't take a poll: they form a system. They are all interactive and make a decision together in real time. Louis B. Rosenberg fish decision together time We've been astonished by how good groups working together can predict the outcomes of events. Louis B. Rosenberg good events working-together together A poll finds the average opinion of a group. It takes the temperature of a crowd. A swarm focuses a group together, in real time, and has them work together as a system to answer a question instead. Louis B. Rosenberg opinion together work time Nature creates natural swarms. UNU uses networking technology and algorithms to take advantage of the knowledge, wisdom, and insights of a large group of people by allowing them to think as one. Louis B. Rosenberg technology nature wisdom knowledge We can't stop the development of smarter and smarter artificial intelligences. So our alternative is to make ourselves smarter so that we always stay one step ahead. Louis B. Rosenberg ahead stop step development We focus on a unique form of artificial intelligence called artificial swarm intelligence. Louis B. Rosenberg artificial intelligence focus unique Taking a vote or poll is a great simple way to take a decision, but it doesn't help a group find consensus. It actually polarizes people and highlights the differences between them. People end up getting entrenched in their views. Louis B. Rosenberg great decision simple people Politicians have conflicting values but not conflicting knowledge. Louis B. Rosenberg politicians values knowledge Forcing polarized groups into a swarm allows them to find the answer that most people are satisfied with. Louis B. Rosenberg answer find satisfied people We take the sense of touch for granted. Think about it: Without it, you're missing one of the basic senses that enables you to interact with the world. Louis B. Rosenberg think you missing world You have the sense of touch because you need it. Louis B. Rosenberg sense touch need you A poll will give you the most popular answer but not the answer that optimizes the preference of a group. Louis B. Rosenberg answer will group you A swarm finds the solution people best agree upon. It optimizes collective support, whereas a poll tells us how we disagree. Louis B. Rosenberg solution best support people UNU provides a continuous feedback loop of the group's preference for a choice, as well as its conviction. People are adjusting their levels of conviction based on the completeness of their own knowledge on the subject. Louis B. Rosenberg choice group people knowledge We developed a technology called artificial swarm intelligence, which is all about tapping the inherent knowledge, wisdom, intuition of groups. Louis B. Rosenberg intuition technology wisdom knowledge When a species wants to tap the collective intelligence of a population, they don't take a poll; they don't take a vote. They form a real-time system. Louis B. Rosenberg system intelligence population vote Swarm intelligence is like a brain of brains. Louis B. Rosenberg brains like intelligence brain In computers, we do all kinds of manual manipulations. We grab and drag icons. We click on and open windows. We pull down a screen. We stretch a screen. We scroll up and down. Louis B. Rosenberg open down computers up-and-down If you sit at your desk and reach and grab a cup of coffee, you don't look directly at the cup, focus on it, and get your fingers lined up before grabbing the coffee. In real life, you reach for a cup that you see out of the corner of your eye, and when you feel it, you know you can grab it. Louis B. Rosenberg you focus coffee life
