Inteligencia colectiva, que no wisdom of crowds

A eso se dedica Henry Jenkins en su blog: Collective Intelligence vs. The Wisdom of Crowds. A partir de la entrada de David Edery Using Games to Tap Collective Intelligence -de la que recoge una buena parte de sus argumentos- y tomando también argumentos de Pierre Levy:

Surowiecki’s model seeks to aggregate anonymously produced data, seeing the wisdom emerging when a large number of people each enter their own calculations without influencing each other’s findings. Levy’s model focuses on the kinds of deliberative process that occurs in online communities as participants share information, correct and evaluate each other’s findings, and arrive at a consensus understanding.

Ya sabéis que Suroweicki coloca cuatro características para que sea posible generar sabiduría de las multitudes: diversidad, descentralización, veredicto colectivo, independencia de unas personas respecto a otras. Pues bien, Henry Jenkins apunta otras características para la inteligencia colectiva a partir del discurso de Pierre Levy:

The Wikipedia, as I discuss in Convergence Culture, depends on what Pierre Levy calls “collective intelligence.” In the classic formulation, collective intelligence refers to a situation where nobody knows everything, everyone knows something, and what any given member knows is accessible to any other member upon request on an ad hoc basis. Levy is arguing that a networked culture gives rise to new structures of power which stem from the ability of diverse groups of people to pool knowledge, collaborate through research, debate interpretations, and through such a collaborative process, refine their understanding of the world.

Así que concluye este hombre que:

The Wisdom of Crowds model focuses on isolated inputs: the Collective Intelligence model focuses on the process of knowledge production. The gradual refinement of the Wikipedia would be an example of collective intelligence at work.

De momento dejo aquí estos apuntes, que otro día retomaremos con más detalle. Si queréis una par de referencias para profundizar:

• Center for Collective Intelligence del MIT
• Ficha sobre Pierre Levy (vía Alejandro Piscitelli y sus cosas)

Y cuando este post estaba prácticamente escrito veo que Samuel Rose, en Smart Mobs, viene a contar, más o menos lo mismo que yo. Tiene su gracejo, tan lejos y tan cerca.