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Re:UNU will use 'human swarm intelligence' to make political... by dean on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @02:19PM (#11816837)
Seems like a misnomer. The article's description of 'swarm intelligence' [1] sounds more like 'wisdom of the crowd' [2].

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarm_intelligence

[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_of_the_crowd

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Re:UNU will use 'human swarm intelligence' to make political... by tigrank on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @04:06PM (#11817709)
They (not really sure if associated with UNU) explain the difference here. http://unanimous.ai/crowds-vs-swarms-which-is-smarter/

With that said I don't see how they let you network.

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Re:UNU will use 'human swarm intelligence' to make political... by clock_tower on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @02:46PM (#11817064)
"Wisdom of the crowd" was exactly my thought, too. I didn't know it was 2004 today...
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