The Illusion Of Complexity – Neuroactivity And Complex Behaviour
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Complexity (Part 6): The Illusion Of Complexity – Neuroactivity And Complex Behaviour. — • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com — ANTS Nature gives us a lot of examples of complex behavior emerging from the interaction of many individuals. The members of an ant colony are capable of a wide variety of complex behaviors: finding and transporting food, constructing elaborate underground complexes of tunnels and chambers, defending their territory from invaders. Such activity would seem to involve a great deal of planning, memory, and coordination. But there is no head ant who draws up a blueprint for the colony and gives directions to the worker ants. Instead, each ant follows a very simple set of rules, based on cues from its environment and from the activity of ants nearby. For example… how do ants know to walk in a single file to pick up food, and then return in single file to the nest? They dont. They know three simple rules. First, if you come upon something that smells like food – pick it up! Second, when you pick up a piece of food, release a chemical signal… a pheromone. Third, if you come across a pheromone trail left by another ant… follow it! There is no plan, no memory, no need for a leader to point the way. Three simple rules and a few environmental clues are all that is needed to orchestrate this remarkably efficient process. ROBOTS The enormous complexity of living things has been brought sharply into focus by our efforts to create machines that mimic …
