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Collective intelligence

Collective intelligence (CI) or group intelligence (GI) is the emergent ability of groups, whether composed of humans alone, animals, or networks of humans and artificial agents, to solve problems, make decisions, or generate knowledge more effectively than individuals alone, through either cooperation or by aggregation of diverse information…

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Collective intelligence factor c

Collective intelligence and deliberative democracy

Computational collective intelligence

Collective intelligence and leadership

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Collective intelligence

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related to Computational collective intelligence · 19
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related to DIStributed COllective Intelligence Workshop (DISCOLI) · 18
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related to Evidence · 18
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related to External links · 15
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related to Collective intelligence factor c · 13
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related to Computational Collective Intelligence (ICCCI) · 12
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related to history · 11
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related to Potential connections to individual intelligence · 11
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has application · 10
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related to Collective intelligence, futures studies and strategic foresight · 10
Collective intelligence → European, Futures, Futures4Europe, In, Intelligence System, Millennium Project's Global Futures, Practical, Some, Sweden's FOI, Ukrainian

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Collective intelligenceis adigitization of information and communication0.90text
Collective intelligenceis aproperty that emerges through coordination from both bottom-up and top-down processes0.90text
voting systemsinstance ofsocial capital and formalisms0.80text
social mediainstance ofsocial capital and formalisms0.80text
other means of quantifying mass activityinstance ofsocial capital and formalisms0.80text
higher numbers of women in the group as well as increased diversity of the group.Collective intelligence is attributed to bacteriainstance ofThe features of composition that lead to increased levels of collective intelligence in groups include criteria0.80text
animalsinstance ofThe features of composition that lead to increased levels of collective intelligence in groups include criteria0.80text
but also algorithmic governanceinstance ofThe features of composition that lead to increased levels of collective intelligence in groups include criteria0.80text
copy-when-uncertaininstance ofsocial-learning rules0.80text
and cognitive division of labourinstance ofsocial-learning rules0.80text
aggregating up-votesinstance ofcollective intelligence in large-scale groups been dominated by serialized polling processes0.80text
likesinstance ofcollective intelligence in large-scale groups been dominated by serialized polling processes0.80text

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