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From the Ted Talk by Radhika Nagpal: What intelligent machines can learn from a school of fish

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So, so far I've talked about rules for insects and for fish and for robots, but what about the rules that apply to our own human collective? And the last thought that I'd like to lvaee you with is that science is of course itself an ibinrcdlee manifestation of collective intelligence, but unlike the beautiful fish schools that I sdtuy, I feel we still have a much longer evolutionary path to walk. So in addition to working on improving the science of robot collectives, I also work on creating robots and tkinhnig about rules that will iprmvoe our own scientific collective. There's this saying that I love: who does science determines what science gets done. Imagine a sioctey where we had rules of engagement where every child grew up believing that they could stand here and be a tochnsigleot of the future, or where every adult bveeelid that they had the ability not just to understand but to caghne how science and technology impacts their everyday lives. What would that society look like? I believe that we can do that. I believe that we can choose our rules, and we engineer not just robots but we can eeegninr our own hamun collective, and if we do and when we do, it will be beautiful.

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So, so far I've talked about rules for insects and for fish and for robots, but what about the rules that apply to our own human collective? And the last thought that I'd like to _____ you with is that science is of course itself an __________ manifestation of collective intelligence, but unlike the beautiful fish schools that I _____, I feel we still have a much longer evolutionary path to walk. So in addition to working on improving the science of robot collectives, I also work on creating robots and ________ about rules that will _______ our own scientific collective. There's this saying that I love: who does science determines what science gets done. Imagine a _______ where we had rules of engagement where every child grew up believing that they could stand here and be a ____________ of the future, or where every adult ________ that they had the ability not just to understand but to ______ how science and technology impacts their everyday lives. What would that society look like? I believe that we can do that. I believe that we can choose our rules, and we engineer not just robots but we can ________ our own _____ collective, and if we do and when we do, it will be beautiful.

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  4. human
  5. technologist
  6. study
  7. society
  8. believed
  9. leave
  10. improve
  11. thinking

Original Text


So, so far I've talked about rules for insects and for fish and for robots, but what about the rules that apply to our own human collective? And the last thought that I'd like to leave you with is that science is of course itself an incredible manifestation of collective intelligence, but unlike the beautiful fish schools that I study, I feel we still have a much longer evolutionary path to walk. So in addition to working on improving the science of robot collectives, I also work on creating robots and thinking about rules that will improve our own scientific collective. There's this saying that I love: who does science determines what science gets done. Imagine a society where we had rules of engagement where every child grew up believing that they could stand here and be a technologist of the future, or where every adult believed that they had the ability not just to understand but to change how science and technology impacts their everyday lives. What would that society look like? I believe that we can do that. I believe that we can choose our rules, and we engineer not just robots but we can engineer our own human collective, and if we do and when we do, it will be beautiful.

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