The MIT Center for Collective Intelligence launched this week. Among the initiatives is a wiki Handbook for Collective Intelligence that surveys the field of research. Naturally, the wiki is powered by Socialtext. Author of the Future of Work and director of CCI Thomas Malone said:
“At CCI, our basic research question is: How can people and computers be connected so that,collectively,they act more intelligently than any individuals, groups, or computers have ever done before?”
As an example, Malone cites the process of writing books. “Today’s publishing industry is built on the assumption that books are written by a single author,or at most a few people. But Wikipedia shows that very different approaches may be possible. What if, for instance, certain kinds of books could be written by large numbers of people with very little central direction?”
Also of interest is this video recording of Bob Metcalfe’s talk during their launch event.
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