From: Brent Thomas (bthomas@avatar-intl.com)
Date: Mon Jul 07 2003 - 09:53:10 MDT
For any such grouping (hive, etc) I favor the term 'CONSILIENCE' as
referenced here
http://www.quinion.com/words/turnsofphrase/tp-con1.htm
And used by
Kathleen Ann Goonan
In her recent novel 'Light Music'
(latest in a quite interesting series, I do recommend it for a good
read)
Although its not specific to the grouping involved it seems broad enough
to
cover almost any level of cooperative interaction.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Goertzel [mailto:ben@goertzel.org]
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 3:31 PM
To: sl4@sl4.org
Subject: request for new word
Hi,
For a speculative futuristic article I'm writing (for a journal issue
edited by Francis Heylighen), I need a new word: a word to denote a mind
that is halfway between an individual mind and a society of minds.
Not a hive-mind, but rather a community of minds that exchange
thoughts/ideas directly rather than thru language, and hence derive a
degree of synergetic mutual intelligence much greater than that
achievable in a society of separate minds....
I'm reviewing two possible future examples of such minds
1) a community of Novamente AI engines
2) a community of human minds that are enhanced with neurochips or
related technologies and linked into a Net enabled with "Kazaa for
thought-complex-swapping"
[Of course, Singularity-wise, these possibilities are either
pre-Singularity, or else post-Singularity in a world shaped and guided
by superintelligent quasi-Vingean Powers. But the focus of this
particular article is not the Singularity, but rather the interesting
possibility of this intermediately individual/social frame of mind]
Any suggestions?
Eliezer suggested "Mindplex", which is better than my prior idea
"Multi-mind" ... [I wrote an unpublished novel called "Sexplex" once ;-)
]
Also, any reference to prior ("serious" or science-fictional)
developments of this theme? [Sturgeon's "More than Human" is an
example, but the mindplex in there is smaller-scale and more
specially-structured than what I'm thinking]
Thanks,
Ben G
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