tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32603665.post-32695351146697593762007-12-16T18:02:00.001-08:002007-12-16T18:02:43.882-08:00<p><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Collective and non-human intelligence</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Some thinkers have explored the idea of combined intelligence, arising from the coordination of many people. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">A battleship, for instance, cannot be operated by a single person's knowledge, actions and intelligence, it takes a corresponding and interacting crew. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the interesting behaviors of a bee colony are not exhibited in the intelligence and actions of any lone bee, but rather manifested in the behavior of the hive. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">These ideas are explored as a foundation for human thought, with applications for artificial intelligence (AI), by MIT AI pioneers Norbert Wiener and Marvin Minsky. Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged from Computer science as a specialty which seeks to make computers do something in increasingly intelligent ways, and provides insights into human thought processes.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">When considering animal intelligence, a more common definition of intelligence might be applied: the "ability to adapt effectively to the environment, either by making a change in oneself or by changing the environment or finding a new one" (Encyclopædia Britannica).</p> <p>Many people have also speculated about the opportunity of extraterrestrial intelligence.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/32603665-3269535114669759376?l=cooltools.blogspot.com'/></div>user121http://www.blogger.com/profile/00843372842219526216noreply@blogger.com0