whpearson comments on Intelligence Amplification Open Thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Morendil 17 September 2010 06:58:27AM 5 points [-]

Most if not all of the comments so far are focused on individual intelligence augmentation.

I suspect there is big, juicy, low-hanging fruit in collective intelligence augmentation. We're pretty smart by ourselves but really dumb when we get together in groups, small and big.

For an interesting (if controversial) example of IA for groups, see Software For Your Head.

Comment author: whpearson 17 September 2010 12:12:23PM 2 points [-]

I'm planning to start an organisation that experiments with a different feedback system for organisations.

It is about trying to improve organisational sanity more than intelligence though.

Comment author: listic 18 September 2010 04:28:04PM 0 points [-]

Improving organizational sanity? But... organizations are not found to be conscious, are they?