Artificial vs Natural Intelligence
Over this 7-part series, we’ve explored how natural systems — ants, bees, birds, and brains — solve problems through emergence, not instruction.
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Biomimicry Institute – Ray of Hope Accelerator
The accelerator targets startups explicitly using biological signalling, coordination, and adaptation principles. These programs often surface applied implementations of swarm intelligence and collective sensing before they appear in formal literature.
27-Mar-2026
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History of A-E
adappt’s heritage is in its name. Read all parts to this series: In part one, we reviewed what was adappt.io, from 2015 to 2024.
View seriesBiomimicry Institute – Ray of Hope Accelerator
The accelerator targets startups explicitly using biological signalling, coordination, and adaptation principles. These programs often surface applied implementations of swarm intelligence and collective sensing before they appear in formal literature.
27-Mar-2026
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Perch helps identify bird species
Google DeepMind’s Perch model helps conservationists analyze audio faster to protect endangered species, from Hawaiian honeycreepers to coral reefs.
07-Aug-2025
Read morePart 4: Purpose vs Emergence
In previous articles we defined terms like agent and swarms, and looked at a major difference between natural and artificial adaptation, time.
20-Jul-2025
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Part 1: What Do We Mean By 'Agent'?
In 2025 the term “agent” has been dusted off and it is seeing another time in the sun.
09-Jul-2025
Read moreNature and Cybersecurity
This is part 3 of the Tide Foundation’s five part series on their distributed approach to securing computers.
22-Jan-2025
Read moreAnts best humans at collective intelligence
https://www.science.org/content/article/ants-best-humans-test-collective-intelligence
30-Dec-2024
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Part 1: adappt.io is now adaptive-emergent
This series of blog posts starts off a new direction for an organisation that went from a going concern…
25-Aug-2024
Read moreWhat a Bee Knows - Way More Than You Think
At adaptive-emergent, we are looking for simple behaviours in nature that add up to quite complex ones.
12-Mar-2024
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