COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE a civilisation (2)

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COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE a civilisation (2)

• Pierre Lévy

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Collective intelligencethe new source of
empowerment

• Tools digital communication, sharing of memory,
  perception and imagination.
• Process collective learning and creativity,
  exchange of knowledge, competitive cooperation
  and cooperative competition in the production of
  knowledge
• The Art of multiplying intelligence
• Games where the winners enhance and use the
  available intelligence and cooperate more
  efficiently
• Ground living unity and diversity of the
  noosphere the world of language interconnected
  in cyberspace

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Knowledge in flux the second flood

• The end of knowledge in stock knowledge in flux
  and general drifting
• Young people can be more skilled than their
  elders, ancient ways of cultural transmission are
  outdated
• What must we put in the ark ? Classifications and
  hierarchies are temporary and incidental. Several
  arks practicing collective intelligence.
• Growing responsibility of individuals and groups
  in the search, production and selection of
  knowledge.
• Learning navigation (there will be no landing)

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Evolution of language life improvements of
collective memory
Constitution of the noosphere ubiquity
andinterconnection of cultural signs in
cyberspace. Writing gains abilities for
autonmous action (software and robots)
Technical self-reproduction of the alphabet and
images
Writing becomes digital and universal
Autonomous technical memory of language
myths, rites, oral transmission,memory inscribed
in matter
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Evolution of language life forms in progress
Deliberate collective intelligence, omnivision,
economy of knowledge and ideas, global
cyberdemocracy, culture of diversity, conscious
piloting of biosperes evolution
Experimental science, mass industry, capitalism,
global market, human rights,modern democracies
Monotheism, money, commerce, citizenship,universa
l science
Agriculture, livestock farming , city, state,
law, systematic knowledge, school
Technique, art, images, music, religion, complex
social rules
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Collective intelligence dialectic

• Virtuality
• Dialectic of problems and learning
• Opening of meaning (existential depth)

• Otherness, meeting of the other
• Network of multilogic communication
• Circulation and translation of meaning (Space of
  differing universes)

• Dialectic of memory and interprétation
• Reproduction, mutation, transmission
• creation of meaning (evolutive time )

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Information economy Science Religion
World wide Web Library Bible
Cyberspace Printing pressAlphabet
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Cyberspace
CYBERSPACE
inclusion
transparency
universality
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inclusiveness
EVERYBODY
has his websiteis included in the public sphere
is a source of meaningis a facet of the
collective intelligence has a voice
participates to the concert
the concert is more harmonious when everybody
listen to everybody
civilisation of dialogue
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Transparency
making the invisible visible
DIGITAL PUBLIC
omni vision
Vision is a creative process
Being transparent empowerment
human society is becoming transparent to itself
Everything and everyone wants to be acknowledged
Everyone can show everything to anybody
Anybody can see everything from anywhere
Evil fears light
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Universality general interconnection
LIFE born out of freedomsigns reproduce
themselves, live in society, act by themselves
(softwares, simulations, artificial life,
societies of robots and knowbots)
Noosphere virtual biosphere of human langage in
cyberspace Nervous system of Gaïa piloting
the future biological evolution
GAÏA
EXPANSION OF DIVERSITY
LIFE giving birth to freedom collective
intelligence of the human mind
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Collective intelligence
digitalgrace
informational capitalism
cyberdemocracy
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cyberdemocracy

• digital cities
• local e governments
• virtual agoras
• votes on line

global law justice government
PEACE
MANY
ONE
cyberspace science technology market freedom human
race art biosphere planet love
virtual communities ideas tribes interests tradit
ions tastes species territories religions
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the transparent state
omnivision
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The state serving collective intelligence
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Informational capitalism
LearningorganisationsIntertwining virtual
communities ofknowledge workers,consumers,
investorsand partners.Continuousrevolution
in products,management,finance,
marketing,etc.CooperativecompetitionCompetiti
veadvantage to theinventors of themost
cooperativegames.
main economic goods non exclusive
appropriationubiquity in cyberspacemain
production factor
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Knowledge Economy
Ideas
Interpretation
Evaluation
Creation
Money
Informations
Orientation
Idea knowledge form (memory) Information
knowledge novelty (perception) Money knowledge
energy (action)
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The economic expansion of the world of ideas
appropriate appropriated
Public domain
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digital grace
INFINITE EMPTINESS
CREATION
mysticquest
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What does distinguish the philosophy of
collective intelligence ?
Minds life - negative dialectic in the inner
monologue of the absolute mind - mutual
questioning and cross interpretations of stories
in the multilogic meeting place of collective
intelligence
Ontology and epistemology - realism we should
recognize that things are as they are -
constructivism we are committed to a creative
co-evolutionary process with our environment
Goal - power (sterilization of the other) -
empowerment (fertility, creativity)
Practical strategy- power struggle (what is at
stake is defeat or victory) - interpretation
relationship (what is at stake is creation of
meaning)
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Collective intelligence ethics

• Each one of us is an automous and responsible
  source of meaning.
• We can enrich our world by integrating others as
  autonomous interpretation centers who are
  complete worlds in themselves.
• What is to be done with the others meaning
  production ? Ignore it, tolérate it, despise
  it, beat it, imitate it? this would not be a
  dialogue.
• Collective intelligence is the reciprocal
  implication and mutual recognition of autonomous
  world s sources.