A swarm has a hive temperature: how likely it is to spontaneously coordinate.

· Bits and Bobs 9/7/26
  • A swarm has a hive temperature: how likely it is to spontaneously coordinate.
    • A 0 is a slime mold.
    • A 100 is a swarm of humans who don't know each other.
      • The only way to get human strangers to coordinate is if they believe in the same infinite thing.
    • A honeybee hive is a 5.
    • Agent swarms turn out to be somewhere much closer to 5 than to 100.

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