Neuroscience
The brain itself may be stigmergic: neurons do not have a central controller, yet somehow consciousness emerges. We study parallels between ant colonies and neural networks - both exhibit memory without individual memory, learning without a teacher, and decision-making without a decider. Understanding colony cognition illuminates brain function, and vice versa. Our work on brain-inspired computing explores these bidirectional insights.
Projects in Neuroscience
3 active projects applying stigmergic intelligence
How the colony remembers locations and threats without individual ant memory
Mapping ant colony dynamics onto neural network architectures
How colonies learn and adapt through environmental modification
Key Applications
How stigmergic AI transforms neuroscience
Brain-inspired computing
Distributed memory
Neural emergence
Cognitive architectures
Learning systems
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