The secret of superhuman intelligence can tell bees

Luis Rosenberg claims that he has found a way that can make us all smarter. If until now the superhuman intellect was something unattainable, now it became possible thanks to the startup, launched in Silicon Valley. The Unanimous AI project allows people to make decisions in an online crowdsourcing environment. Thus, hundreds of participants, united in one group, can find the answer to the burning question or make a prediction.

The basis of the site is a bee swarm

The creation of a unique start-up by Rosenberg was inspired by the observation of the existence of social species in the wild. For example, bees unite in small colonies, which allows individuals not only to work together, but also to make their own best decisions. In addition to the bee swarm, this feature is feathered, combining into wedges, and the fish that get into jambs. Together, fauna representatives have the opportunity to interact optimally with the environment.

Thus, the information that reaches each individual member of the group is added to one common piggy bank. But for some reason before, people did not take advantage of the "collective intellect". Or maybe we just did not believe that it could work. Fearing the failure of his brainchild and Luis Rosenberg. However, his fears were in vain.

Human and Computer Hybrid

The site was launched in June 2016. To date, the Unanimous AI system has registered more than 50,000 users. In total, people have found answers to 230,000 questions. It turns out that the artificial mind is not as terrible as we imagined it. A peculiar hybrid of machine and human intelligence allows you to make decisions on the most complex issues. Probably, together people will manage to find a way out of such a stalemate situation as overpopulation. And this means that with a tight loop on the neck of humanity will be able to wait.

Success in predicting the outcome of events

Testing of the method was decided to be carried out by means of collective forecasting of the most significant events of the year. So, for example, people together were able to predict the winners of the latest Oscar award, as well as the owner of the main hockey trophy of the NHL - Stanley Cup 2016. Even more striking were the results in predicting the first four winners of the famous Derby in Kentucky. Despite the fact that the initial chances for a correct forecast were 1 to 542, the collective intelligence correctly named all the winning horses. Thus, a small bid of $ 20 could turn into a win of $ 11,800.

Wisdom of the crowd

People have tried to connect to the collective mind before. The wisdom of the human crowd is well known. In this area, various techniques have been developed. So, the principles of this model are successfully applied in practice on stock exchanges, when the market as a whole reacts sharply to this or that event. Taking as a basis the psychology of the collective mind and backing it with practical knowledge from different areas, Luis Rosenberg began to bring the idea to perfection.

One head is good, but 49 is better

Practical studies have shown that the collective mind works more effectively if the number of individuals in the "crowd" does not exceed fifty. Large groups are more often mistaken in forecasts. To paraphrase a well-known saying, one can safely summarize: "One head is good, and 49 is better." According to the observations of the author of Unanimous AI, the human society in such quantity is capable of giving twice more accurate predictions than the average index of individual responses.

Mechanism development

Inspiration found, tests passed, the first results obtained. Now we had to bring the principles of collective decision-making into action. So there was a service that asked users the same question. It is curious that the decision is made in real time. Icon with the question is placed in the center of the screen. Using the cursor on it, the user tries to drag it to the correct answer. Simultaneously, the same action is performed by other participants. Thus, if two diametrically opposed opinions collide in the "ether", a struggle is inevitable between them, which can only be resolved through collective decision-making.

Conclusion

While the site is mainly specialized in predicting sports results. However, according to the author of the idea, in a short time the knowledge and wisdom of people can be integrated into increasing sales or in setting the right diagnosis, when the opinion of the minority (doctor) harms the patient.