Emergence : The Connected Lives Of Ants, Brains... -

: A critical mass of agents is required for global intelligence to appear.

: Simple elements (ants, neurons, software bits) create "smart" systems by paying attention only to their immediate neighbors. Emergence : the connected lives of ants, brains...

: Decentralized systems rely on arbitrary interactions to "sample" and alter their overall state. : A critical mass of agents is required

: Single-celled organisms that aggregate into a single "slug" when food is scarce, moving as one without a leader. Emergence : the connected lives of ants, brains...

: Consciousness emerges from the collective firing of billions of "dumb" neurons.