Superminds

The Surprising Power of People and Computers Thinking Together

By: Thomas W. Malone

Narrated by: Mel Foster

From the founding director of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence comes the first comprehensive look at the remarkable capacity for intelligence exhibited by groups of people and computers working together.

Many people today are so dazzled by the long-term potential for artificial intelligence that they overlook the much clearer and more immediate potential for a new form of "collective intelligence": the intelligence of groups of people and computers working together.

In Superminds, Thomas Malone argues that in order to take advantage of this potential, we need to do three things. First, we must realize that groups of people and computers are greater than the sums of their parts - that, in fact, these groups have minds of their own. Second, we need to understand how to help these collectively intelligent groups become even smarter. And third, we must learn how to harness their power to serve our interests.

Groundbreaking and utterly fascinating, Superminds will change the way you work - both with others and with computers - for the better.

©2018 Thomas W. Malone (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

very well written

gives a balanced view to an increasingly important subject

well worth the read


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The studies were excellent and demonstrated social cognition at its best use.

The premise, initial research, finding strong and of the highest mark. I think the research should be updated as a new addition. The work at the time,218, consider forms of technology as a tools. There may be consideration that some forms of technology and human interaction now supersede this categorical frame.

Interesting but not fully convincing

Fix chapter 21 at remaining 32 min 50 sec.. also count how many times the author says " for instance" after chapter 21, very annoying

Worthwhile thesis, tiresome delivery

I respect the intellectual value offered, but it is unnecessarily verbose and tiring to listen

Some interesting insights to how collective systems work

This was less about computer intelligence and more a philosophical musing about the nature and qualities of a few categories of human collectives such as democracies, businesses, communities and markets.

The subjects are inherently fascinating, but the narrative style here was a little dry and meandering. I didn’t feel there was “a point” to the overall presentation. It did develop my thinking, so I appreciate the time spent.