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Swiss Experimenter Breeds Swarm Intelligence

Posted by kdawson on from the what-hath-ai-wroght dept.

destinyland writes "Researchers simulated evolution with multiple generations of food-seeking robots in a new study of artificial swarm intelligence. 'Under some conditions, sophisticated communication evolved,' says one researcher. And in a more recent study, the swarms of bots didn't just evolve cooperative strategies — they also evolved the ability to deceive. ('Forget zombies,' joked one commenter. 'This is the real threat.') 'The study of artificial swarm intelligence provides insight into the nature of intelligence in general, and offers an interesting perspective on the nature of Darwinian selection, competition, and cooperation.' And there's also some cool video of the bots in action."

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  1. Of all the countries... by Kenja · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of all the Nations, I would never have thought it would be the Swiss who would start the robot apocalypse. I had Germany in my betting pull...

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    1. Re:Of all the countries... by Starayo · · Score: 4, Funny

      Never trusted 'em, myself, what with their knives, and their cheeses.

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    2. Re:Of all the countries... by oldspewey · · Score: 3, Funny

      If history has taught us anything, it's that if you wait long enough, eventually the Germans will come to you.

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    3. Re:Of all the countries... by commodoresloat · · Score: 3, Funny

      yeah but those clocks... you can set your watch by them!

  2. to counteract by Keruo · · Score: 5, Funny

    To counteract his theories about swarm-intelligence, I sent the researcher link to 4chan.

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    1. Re:to counteract by snarfies · · Score: 5, Funny

      Actually, not a bad way to poison a bot's intelligence. Its been done before, with hilarious results (well, if you like 4chan-style humor), with a chatbot called Bucket. It was designed to pick up the basics of the English language and conversation techniques from random internet users.

      Then 4chan found it.

      http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Bucket has the full story, along with quotes and screenshots.

  3. The ability to deceive? by Thanshin · · Score: 5, Funny

    they also evolved the ability to deceive.

    Obviously, once you've proved the entity has the ability to deceive, you must distrust any further results.

    1. Re:The ability to deceive? by element-o.p. · · Score: 2, Funny

      They are "deceiving" each other, not the researchers...

      That's just what they want you to think...

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