# Collective intelligence ## MicroSim spec - **Recommended sim type:** [[Agent-based_model|agent-based model]] - **Microsimmability score:** 68/100 - **Layout:** drawing region (canvas) on top; control region (sliders/buttons) below. ### Parameters (tunable controls) - `Group size` - `Independence` - `Aggregation rule` ### What animates Many noisy individual estimates are aggregated and the group's estimate sharpens. ### Learning objective Show how aggregating diverse estimates can outperform individuals. ## Links (Wikipedia order) <!-- injected from _registry/childlinks/Collective_intelligence.json (2026-07-30T02:09:12Z) --> `ACM_Conference_on_Recommender_Systems` · `Accuracy_barrier` · `Aggregation_problem` · `Alan_Turing` · `Ant` · `Ant_colony` · `Anthony_D._Williams_(author)` · `Anti-globalization_movement` · `Aphid` · `Apoptosis` · `Aristotle` · [[Artificial_intelligence]] · `Asperger_syndrome` · `Autism` · `Bacteria` · `Barbara_Marx_Hubbard` · `Bees_algorithm` · 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[[Wayback_Machine]] · `Web_2.0` · `Wiki` · `Wiki_software` · `Wikidata` · `Wikipedia` · `William_Morton_Wheeler` · `Wisdom_of_the_crowd` · `Émile_Durkheim` ## From the Real GENERATIVE library  *Collective intelligence — placed from the Real G.E.N.E.R.A.T.I.V.E. course library (Information room). Source: Wikimedia Commons (via Wikipedia article media). [Details & license](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CI_types1s_2.jpg).*  *Animated: Collective intelligence — placed from the Real G.E.N.E.R.A.T.I.V.E. course library (Information room). Source: Wikimedia Commons (via Wikipedia article media). [Details & license](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Complex_adaptive_system.gif).* > Collective intelligence (CI) is shared or group intelligence (GI) that emerges from the collaboration, collective efforts, and competition of many individuals and appears in consensus decision making. The term appears in sociobiology, political science and in context of mass peer review and crowdsourcing applications. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_intelligence)) <!-- REAL-GENERATIVE-MEDIA:END --> > p5.js MicroSim stub · part of Systems Science · [Wikipedia source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_intelligence) > Relation: subfield of systems science. ## Concept summary 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|information]], perspectives, and behaviors. ## Build checklist - [ ] Claim it: set `status: in-progress` + `lease` + `leased_at` - [ ] Write the child page explaining the concept (tie it back to systems science) - [ ] Finalize parameter ranges and defaults - [ ] Implement the p5.js sketch (drawing + control regions) - [ ] Add caption + the learning objective on the page - [ ] Set `status: done` ## p5.js sketch ```javascript // MicroSim: Collective intelligence let controls = {}; function setup() { // createCanvas(...); create sliders for the parameters above. } function draw() { // background(...); read controls; render agent-based model; respond live. } ``` --- Back to Systems Science · Wikipedia: [Collective intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_intelligence) --- <!-- SEMIOTIC-PROFILE:START --> ## Semiotic profile > *The semiotic universals this article invokes, machine-derived from the crossref — **unverified** (born so). Populated 2026-07-06 for the Systems room.* **Universals (5):** 🟡 science (5) · 🟡 system (5) · 🟡 information (2) · 🟢 emergence (1) · 🟢 network (1) **Enter by sign:** Systems Semiotic Gateway · Alphabetum · Icon Registry · ← Systems Portal <!-- SEMIOTIC-PROFILE:END --> <!-- REAL-GENERATIVE-MEDIA:START --> ## Wikipedia : Wikitube **Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_intelligence) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Collective_intelligence) ## Previous hub tags Tree parents: [[Agent-based_model]] · [[Complex_system]] · [[Cybernetics]] · [[Emergence]] · [[Feedback]] · [[Self-organization]] · [[Systems_science]] · [[Systems_theory]]. Legacy hubs: none. --- *Sources: 1 legacy note. Minted wave 1, 2026-07-30 (v1.6 order).*