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Intelligence is the wrong word in this case. These are complicated emergent behaviours that arise from extremely simple rules applied locally and iteratively by
by cortesi 11y ago
Intelligence is the wrong word in this case. These are complicated emergent behaviours that arise from extremely simple rules applied locally and iteratively by each individual. There's no planning, forethought, or central driving will at play here.
If this is intelligence, then so is bone growth, which follows a similarly simple algorithm, is also honed by evolution, and is also inspiring real-world applications, e.g.:
http://www.engineering.com/DesignSoftware/DesignSoftwareArticles/ArticleID/10279/Conceptual-Design-Inspired-by-Bone-Growth.aspx http://www.engineering.com/DesignSoftware/DesignSoftwareArti...
https://www.fastcodesign.com/1671102/a-3-d-printed-house-that-grows-like-human-bone https://www.fastcodesign.com/1671102/a-3-d-printed-house-tha...
- papaf 11y agoThere's no planning, forethought, or central driving will at play here. Do there have to be these things to show intelligence? Simple markets without central planning absolutely destroy central planning in terms of efficiency: http://www.realussr.com/ussr/queues/ http://www.realussr.com/ussr/queues/ Maybe the intelligent, planning, ants were overtaken by the unintelligent ants :-)
- meric 11y agoThe same could be said for neurons.
- vixen99 11y agoProbably best not to circumscribe 'intelligence' even if the ant example is as you suggest. What is planning, forethought or central driving? Braitenberg nailed this back in 1986 in his book Vehicles in which he describes simple toys showing 'increasing intricate if not always successful or civilized behaviour'. See chapters (vehicles) on 'Foresight', 'Egotism' and 'Optimism'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braitenberg_vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braitenberg_vehicle