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Beyond collective intelligence: Collective adaptation

Galesic, Mirta; Barkoczi, Daniel; Berdahl, Andrew M.; Biro, Dora; Carbone, Giuseppe; Giannoccaro, Ilaria; Goldstone, Robert L.; Gonzalez, Cleotilde; Kandler, Anne; Kao, Albert B.; Kendal, Rachel; Kline, Michelle; Lee, Eun; Massari, Giovanni Francesco; Mesoudi, Alex; Olsson, Henrik; Pescetelli, Niccolo; Sloman, Sabina J.; Smaldino, Paul E.; Stein, Daniel L.

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Authors

Mirta Galesic

Daniel Barkoczi

Andrew M. Berdahl

Dora Biro

Giuseppe Carbone

Ilaria Giannoccaro

Robert L. Goldstone

Cleotilde Gonzalez

Anne Kandler

Albert B. Kao

Michelle Kline

Eun Lee

Giovanni Francesco Massari

Alex Mesoudi

Henrik Olsson

Niccolo Pescetelli

Sabina J. Sloman

Paul E. Smaldino

Daniel L. Stein



Abstract

We develop a conceptual framework for studying collective adaptation in complex socio-cognitive systems, driven by dynamic interactions of social integration strategies, social environments and problem structures. Going beyond searching for ‘intelligent’ collectives, we integrate research from different disciplines and outline modelling approaches that can be used to begin answering questions such as why collectives sometimes fail to reach seemingly obvious solutions, how they change their strategies and network structures in response to different problems and how we can anticipate and perhaps change future harmful societal trajectories. We discuss the importance of considering path dependence, lack of optimization and collective myopia to understand the sometimes counterintuitive outcomes of collective adaptation. We call for a transdisciplinary, quantitative and societally useful social science that can help us to understand our rapidly changing and ever more complex societies, avoid collective disasters and reach the full potential of our ability to organize in adaptive collectives.

Citation

Galesic, M., Barkoczi, D., Berdahl, A. M., Biro, D., Carbone, G., Giannoccaro, I., Goldstone, R. L., Gonzalez, C., Kandler, A., Kao, A. B., Kendal, R., Kline, M., Lee, E., Massari, G. F., Mesoudi, A., Olsson, H., Pescetelli, N., Sloman, S. J., Smaldino, P. E., & Stein, D. L. (2023). Beyond collective intelligence: Collective adaptation. Journal of the Royal Society. Interface, 20(200), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0736

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 27, 2023
Online Publication Date Mar 22, 2023
Publication Date 2023
Deposit Date Mar 22, 2023
Publicly Available Date Aug 18, 2023
Journal Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
Print ISSN 1742-5689
Electronic ISSN 1742-5662
Publisher The Royal Society
Volume 20
Issue 200
DOI https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0736
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1177969

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