Sunday, July 9, 2017

Collective Computation


For example, the human brain:



  1. Can you copy a description of what "adaptive systems" entails?

  2. Wikipedia: An adaptive system is a set of interacting or interdependent entities, real or abstract, forming an integrated whole that together are able to respond to environmental changes or changes in the interacting parts, in a way analogous to either continuous physiological homeostasis or evolutionary adaptation in biology. Feedback loops represent a key feature of adaptive systems, such as ecosystems and individual organisms; or in the human world, communities, organizations, and families.

  3. Thanks. So, training animals would be included? border collies to manage sheep, cats to keep away rodents, horses as cavalry?

  4. It's tricky. You could probably make those cases work well enough, but the element of human control and deliberation in training adds complications.

  5. Interesting. I'm a bit confused though by the role of the human. Note that wikipedia refers to communities, organization, and families.

  6. Could be communities of ants or birds, for example.