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I've long felt that intelligence is a property of the group rather than the individual. Language is inextricably linked to our conception of intelligence, and h

I've long felt that intelligence is a property of the group rather than the individual. Language is inextricably linked to our conception of intelligence, and having someone to talk to is a prerequisite. I feel like this is very important and seems to be missed in modern AI research. I think of most of today's systems as monoliths, lone individuals raised in isolation (receiving training data does not constitute communication/language development), forever stunted in all of the more "humanist" facets of intelligence. Is there research going into more "social" systems of multiple "actors" that are able to interact/communicate with each other? Perhaps even develop their own language, one that we might not be able to understand? (How would we even identify such a thing? Think of dolphins - we know something is going on there, but we haven't been able to translate it.)

cbhl 8y ago
I agree, the idea that "intelligence is a property of the group" is an interesting idea that is worth exploring further with respect to AI research. I think the indie puzzle platformer Thomas Was Alone explores this idea in a cute and approachable way. https://store.steampowered.com/app/220780/Thomas_Was_Alone/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/220780/Thomas_Was_Alone/ It's also worth noting that AlphaGo was trained against copies of itself in later stages of its development -- while this isn't "communication" in the human sense, it does enable copies of the AI to learn from each other. https://deepmind.com/research/alphago/alphago-vs-alphago-self-play-games/ https://deepmind.com/research/alphago/alphago-vs-alphago-sel...
cbwilliams 8y ago
Certainly during childhood and adolescence. For grownups the situation is different though. Many, if not most, works that I admire have been created by reclusive individuals. A lot of groups just form around a small number of productive individuals and then claim ownership and promote the ideas of such individuals.

cbhl 8y ago

I agree, the idea that "intelligence is a property of the group" is an interesting idea that is worth exploring further with respect to AI research. I think the indie puzzle platformer Thomas Was Alone explores this idea in a cute and approachable way. https://store.steampowered.com/app/220780/Thomas_Was_Alone/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/220780/Thomas_Was_Alone/ It's also worth noting that AlphaGo was trained against copies of itself in later stages of its development -- while this isn't "communication" in the human sense, it does enable copies of the AI to learn from each other. https://deepmind.com/research/alphago/alphago-vs-alphago-self-play-games/ https://deepmind.com/research/alphago/alphago-vs-alphago-sel...

cbwilliams 8y ago

Certainly during childhood and adolescence. For grownups the situation is different though. Many, if not most, works that I admire have been created by reclusive individuals. A lot of groups just form around a small number of productive individuals and then claim ownership and promote the ideas of such individuals.