Webcast from MIT: Collective Intelligence
Recorded on October 4, 2007 in Cambridge, MA. This video program runs 120 minutes.

MODERATOR: David Thorburn
Panelists:
+ Thomas W. Malone: Patrick J. McGovern Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management
+ Alex (Sandy) Pentland: Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, and Director of Human Dynamics Research, MIT Media Lab
+ Karim R. Lakhani: Assistant Professor, Technology and Operations Management Unit, Harvard Business School

About the Discussion

Can human beings, with the help of smart machines, not merely avoid “collective idiocy” (in Sandy Pentland’s words), but actually achieve a degree of intelligence previously unattainable by either humans or machines alone? These three panelists study the possibilities from different angles.

Source: MIT World

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