but according to studies on swarm intelligence, what appears to be intelligent behavior actually results from nothing more than the complex interaction of simple actions.
但根据对群体智能的研究表明,那些看起来是智能行为的举动实际上来自无意识而不是简单行动的复杂互动。
crowds of pakistanis swarm together in a camp at the government college of technology in nowshera, 40 kilometers east peshawar.
在白沙瓦以东40公里的瑙谢拉市,一群巴基斯坦人挤在政府科技大学内的救援营地。
but complex swarm systems with rich hierarchies take time to boot up.
但层次丰富的复杂群系统就需要花些时间才能启动。
a network swarm is all edges and therefore open ended any way you come at it.
一个网络群到处都是边,因此,无论你以何种方式进入,都毫无阻碍。
but in swarm systems, positive feedback can lead to increasing order.
而在群系统中,正反馈却能导致秩序的递增。
if you have the least bit of interest in how human beings learn and act as groups, reading all of the smart swarm is well worth your time.
如果你对人类在一个集体中是如何学习和表现的拥有足够的兴趣的话,完整的阅读《聪明的蜂群》这本书一定会使你度过一段有价值的时光。
it is the failure to mirror the distributed nature -- the swarm nature -- of life on earth that is this model's greatest failure.
这个模型最大的失败,就在于它没有反映出地球生命所具有的这种分布式的本性——群集本性。
len, is that swarm intelligence?
莱恩,那是群体智慧吗?
how readily our thoughts swarm upon a new object, lifting it a little way, as ants carry a blade of straw so feverishly, and then leave it.
我们的思绪是多么容易一哄而上,簇拥着一件新鲜事物,像一群蚂蚁狂热地抬一根稻草一样,抬了一会,又把它扔在那里……
the more we can discover about the mathematical properties of generic swarm processing, the better our understanding will be of both artificial complexity and biological complexity.
我们能够发现的通用群处理过程的数学属性越多,我们对仿生复杂性与生物复杂性的理解就越好。
when you need to focus your attention, study or meditate, you are again confronted with thoughts that swarm into your mind, disturbing and distracting your attention.
当你需要集中注意力学习或思考问题时,你会又一次面对那些涌入大脑的想法,又一次被分散注意力。
q: you mean the earthquake swarm near dujiangyan [a town near the epicenter badly damaged in the quake] in february 2008?
问:你指的是2008年二月发生在都江堰(一个离震中很近在地震中严重损毁的小镇)附近的地震群吗?
these rules add up to another kind of swarm intelligence—one that has less to do with making decisions than with precisely coordinating movement.
这些法则集合起来便成了另一种群体智能—这种法则与做出决策没有多大联系,但正好关系到同步的行动。
is it not really swarm intelligence?
这是不是真的群体智慧?
a second later, the entire swarm veers west and away, as if steered by a single mind.
不一会儿,整群野鸭逐渐转向西方,飞走了,仿佛受到某种单一想法的控制。
flatow: no, five by five, as we used to say in the old radio days. tell us about swarm intelligence. can you define it for us?
不,一般一般吧,就像过去在收听旧收音机的日子里听到的那样。跟我们谈一谈群体智慧吧。你怎么定义?