đ§ľ View Thread
đ§ľ Thread (103 tweets)

âObserving [...] and even experimenting with robofish [...] predict movements of large groups of animalsâ https://t.co/UDJ6VNrwTe

Why I have trouble w/ roads - Low tendency to instinctively copy + trouble inferring mental state. Instant panic. https://t.co/5fDlbfIKQr

So, swarm intelligence needs conducive conditions to work + my personality & natural penchant mean I'm an outlier. https://t.co/BvULSDYyLo


"Ant groups optimally amplify the effect of transiently informed individuals" https://t.co/O6Nt3wgH4o https://t.co/aYxhTUWT7J


To test the theory I want to create behavioral simulations that model traits related to social cohesion. https://t.co/lRqvKgq5hI

"some scientists now think our brains might actually work in the same way"https://t.co/m8zQNeVoqN

"remind us that the outset, that this is a process being done by insects not by people"https://t.co/EE0T1as1dX

"compares the decision-making processes of honey bee colonies to human societies" https://t.co/OKEExKUY3p

Swarm Intelligence?No-bias, independent analysis, diverse input, honest motives, (& trust?)https://t.co/hFg2pfFMzI https://t.co/J1R05fKNeT


Swarm intelligence an emergent property of networks? https://t.co/XUEtCzkZJ6

"Learning likely even predates the emergence of nervous systems, much less brains, according to a new study" https://t.co/HY5ODzWfmX

âThe ritualized fighting behavior of one ant species is linked to increases in dopamine levelsâ https://t.co/16ytkpfLoq

"Each ant is behaving like a neuron in a brain, part of a literal hive-mind." https://t.co/AeKCOLsGY7

"Quorum sensing enables colonies to evaluate [...] several potential nest sites simultaneously before committing" https://t.co/ozolHy89mI

It takes time to build the mental and cultural scaffolds to make old ideas new again.https://t.co/Ofn9jU95wO

It takes time to build the mental and cultural scaffolds to make old ideas new again.https://t.co/avOgYE1JrO https://t.co/QBmlVJwBRr


"Every 'effortless' category assignment is actually a seething subterranean battle of analogies." #Beehiveiorism <3https://t.co/OKRyL8ME2h

"Debugging the Link between Social Theory and Social Insects" #jokesfornerdshttps://t.co/72L5XybKVK https://t.co/joswvp5n7b


"âŚemerging from simple rules is widespread, even in complex, socially stratified societies."https://t.co/xpoGoF97m0 https://t.co/HmxySqHcUR


"findings confirmed the role of serotonin and dopamine in the mediation of ant aggressive behavior" https://t.co/khOU7XmbhR

"demonstrates how specific social environments can modulate individual gene expression in group members." https://t.co/BbwLKrhOOK

"could be at play in complicated ways, and finding out the relative contributions of them require careful science" https://t.co/T0Li3Y9rue


"This collective cognition is mostly based on a decentralized organization of insectsâ activities" https://t.co/eKApWDxmqB

"Organizational sense making occurs in a complex social environment"https://t.co/VOAmS8RDRm https://t.co/cxHfsWBnlg


"This ability to form cooperative collectives is an evolutionary novelty..." <3https://t.co/CKihVmEah9 https://t.co/KgQcB3knNr


Human swarms as a Bayesian collective sampling the environment? #Beehiveiorism https://t.co/YfA0CrTaOC

"a small minority of the workers in each colony are constantly on the lookout for better"https://t.co/OkwNKkJDYH https://t.co/dbPVWszDKz


#beehiveiorism in a nutshell:https://t.co/x32WRzzZnF

"models describe individuals that occupy the nodes of a lattice or network" via @dvespinosahttps://t.co/C416VKOVDG https://t.co/meXxipYxw6



Found via crows:[Darwin's Triumph, Darwin's Mistake, Bees, Semantics, Occam's Aftershave, Evidence from toddlers]https://t.co/1tH7HFeYTk

Confidence seen as useful to de-bias swarm intelligence: https://t.co/E0YTjSXtq5

"these two changes are picked up by their flock mates, and seen as a lack of confidence"https://t.co/FPNp0Pr3XE

"locking on to suboptimal options through positive feedback is a recurring feature of group decision making"https://t.co/rjkLGcbIv7 https://t.co/0NGCC3KXVB


A distinctive factors of human systems: We may be able to self modify our collective behavior. When is this optimal? https://t.co/mUcQ3Ou1Kc

"the shoal just by moving together can unlock this new ability to seek out shade and follow it."https://t.co/xfcwBE2EQS

#Beehiveiorism applied to the colony."net result is a vastly smarter organization aligned around shared goals. "https://t.co/w8K9RYMj9Q https://t.co/TImOmyH8ao


"it challenges the idea that financial markets absorb all news equally, based only on financial relevance."https://t.co/ygOfhtLz9u https://t.co/QsQOisjLro


"asking ourselves the opposite question: how do we achieve the simplest and least impressive feats of coordination?"https://t.co/KW99gwrmsm

"highlight the difficulties in exploring collective intelligence in animal groups"https://t.co/YVGXdSMedq https://t.co/cXesr2kb0a


"slime mould may hold the key to linking individual-level mechanisms to colony-level behaviours."https://t.co/zgOnbwzWcq

Humans share beliefs to update priors?"Exploring the Cultural Ratchet throughFunction Learning" https://t.co/WiUWR2ZlAS#beehiveiorism https://t.co/oVLOw89uTt


Could Predator / Prey dynamic allowed for social learning by bootstrapping neural circuitry for perspective taking?https://t.co/CAo5uYoF8F

Map is not territory.Analogy is not reality.Model is not experience.Lossy compression networks.https://t.co/1FbJ2oQR29#Beehiveiorism

Lossy Compression Networks are not Ant Poop? (Still updating my priors on this one)https://t.co/EIFQITDFue

In which @WIRED discusses the complex nature of group level #beehiveiorism in the context of 2016.https://t.co/krIMpo115d https://t.co/lI8OFfT6ku


"suggesting that underneath gradual societal changes are the explorations of individual synthesis and discovery."https://t.co/v7OlNnG0XG https://t.co/KZVBS8v1jK


"it certainly may have been the beginning of our cultural addiction to caffeine."https://t.co/WyA1YeH5Pi https://t.co/teQeOr9kUi


Whoa, Buridan's Ass applies to voting & seems to describe network effects in ant and bee range voting mechanic. https://t.co/myumkmtDaj

"demonstrate that this variation in social learning effectiveness is a phylogenetically ancient trend"https://t.co/3EgzI1DrqH https://t.co/ZT1XN7nlOT


TL;DR: nature cheats:https://t.co/jzCLr66CjE

In which Chomsky confuses #beehiveiorism and thought generation with language but still sees the same insights: https://t.co/yoYnMhCBHQ

When the bees in your head get excited they have trouble finding words; They mean one thing but say your mother.https://t.co/ZFGhPT07v7

Recognition of gap in inferential distance is not only useful for listening to insights from cognitive differences. https://t.co/WKM8nocUIX

By subverting an unconscious revulsion to outsider language: you can listen to songs they sing, and heed insights.https://t.co/jd2sNC1dgn

Narrative analysis has been shown to have some diagnostic utility for Theory of Mind concerns with schizophrenia. https://t.co/liQSdAQJ4x

When cooperating in large groups, what the ant ignores is just as important as what she listens to.https://t.co/WKScM9Uxld https://t.co/FiLwSbgoih


"âŚcolony of ants, as a cognitive entity, can compare two options that are not both accessible by any individual ant"https://t.co/7m7vg6eriS https://t.co/nv4lreZm6X


Do ants enjoy hugging?"Army ants are clingy creatures, they adhere to each other as though magnetized."https://t.co/Nt6qRApjrS https://t.co/8yWfaXXeaS


We need this, but done in depth for the social networks of bees who are able to pass along learned behavior?https://t.co/nWC43TSbWn https://t.co/6EKqL3WAEV


Modeling social behavior of hugging ants: explore how adaptive information networks form w/ substrate independence.https://t.co/s3hypHbYHv

Language as evolved from signaling games; out of synchronization primitives for the hivesong's hunting practices?https://t.co/yDDff6RB3Z

Not "communication" - act of sync'ing brain patterns & thoughtforms via metaphors - but facts such as "notice me". https://t.co/WSLlK9iGA8

Social animals communicate 'facts' of danger to synchronize awareness: https://t.co/oGgXJ8eJDT

Hivesongs: just hunting and foraging at the swarm level.Synchronizing facts in a way distinguishable from noise.https://t.co/zlJ02RVvZ5

And then there's the Drongos bird. An asshole:https://t.co/OzXElO6L6W

Singing the 'right' hivesong is about signaling social status + group affiliation, because of assholes like Drongos.https://t.co/zVkA8YjRZb

Shibboleths; learning metaphor, grew on back of complicated jokes. "a lot of it is just setting up social relations"https://t.co/rYfJlEnn87

Pinker+Chomsky: looking at different maps. Evolution of lang would b/c of adversarial tribes. Self created Drongos.https://t.co/0914Suxw3n

One evolutionary force among many. One narrative journey thru the map of our history. The map is not the territory.https://t.co/5caDrd99Ip

What if this is good? What if this is bad?Raise your abstracation to a better question: When is that [good|bad]?https://t.co/QOWHns9Tll

Ophiocordyceps as metaphor for an outgroup ideology?Actually: its hyperparasites all the way down! Us vs them.https://t.co/X0EjYwt0hM https://t.co/QbgNeHDu4t


No one will admit this:https://t.co/9KgFtoAbYY

"The waring tribes of humanity, stopped throwing feces & invented language to more effectively police each other"https://t.co/5Ovbc5hz9I

We are at war.https://t.co/2DIF76mvC2

Drongos use language to mess with meerkats. The lowly cowbird literally identifies it's ingroup by a sound. https://t.co/P2uk2m018m

Whalefalls=bubbles"highlighting the ecological vulnerability of these giants operating on an energetic knife-edge."https://t.co/MZkGOYa3ZZ

"Fish poop in the sea -- and if that's not shitting where you eat, what is?"https://t.co/tViwImeXDM https://t.co/2Yukvsh1Ev


Expect more whalefalls.âThe world is complex. It is growing more so, perhaps exponentially.âhttps://t.co/xYxUrr87Ah

"The tournaments serve as temporary spatial borders within which food gathering occurs."https://t.co/8JxnN2dkcr

"demonstrate [âŚ] even mild social influence can undermine the wisdom of crowd effect in simple estimation tasks."https://t.co/4j4mGe1hNT https://t.co/CHNvKXd7TL


"âŚbroadcast the same information to multiple individuals, you've eroded the capacity for collective intelligence." đhttps://t.co/W1ZTd1f1FB

"what are those rules of engagement that lead to this kind of intelligence, and of course, can we create our own?"https://t.co/TcnKeZ5aDA

How can we be more like the ant?https://t.co/fHyEhz8im3

Embodying metaopinion w/ open transparent collaboration;Collective stigmegy of thought? https://t.co/6xwYTuVdyu @RayDalio #beehiveiorismđ https://t.co/fwiAI7SYiW


Integrative complex thinking, what's that?https://t.co/T7sOhBDI1w

Why would anyone ever want to design an architecture designed to tell you how wrong you are?https://t.co/Qtj3ai2plY

Break the spell.https://t.co/DbLwInFjf7 https://t.co/1BfO3TlXGt


@maradydd I want to work thru various colony structures, using these: https://t.co/ceIirqI9lY as a guide to explore https://t.co/CYTUlQr4EQ