• Question: Does AI work kind of like a hive mind?

    Asked by cast520ates on 4 Mar 2025.
    • Photo: Mark Basham

      Mark Basham answered on 4 Mar 2025:

      It can, there are lots of different forms of AI and each one has strengths and weaknesses. One of my favourite types are a group called swarm optimisation, which is where you try to get to the best answer to a problem by lots of different things all trying to do it, and sharing their achievements. Many of these are based on Biology, and are called things like Genetic Algorithms, or Artificial Immune Systems.

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