MIT Puts Its Mind to Collective Intelligence
CIO, December, 2006 by C.G. Lynch
Many heads are often better than one, and the brainiest institution in the country wants to officially brand that idea as a science. MIT has launched its Center for Collective Intelligence (CCI) to study how individuals harness technology to act intelligently. The center hopes to build on the current definition of collective intelligence by, fittingly, using wikis and other modes of collective input, said Thomas Malone, CCI's director, at the center's October launch.
During the past few years, collective intelligence has captured growing interest. Wikipedia—the online encyclopedia where users can add, subtract or edit information on any subject—pioneered the collective intelligence movement, starting a controversial debate about the value of information created by a group....
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