Organism
Ant Colony
TL;DR
Ant colonies demonstrate swarm intelligence and stigmergy - making collective decisions about food sources, nest chambers, and other activities without centralized command.
Ant colonies demonstrate swarm intelligence and stigmergy - making collective decisions about food sources, nest chambers, and other activities without centralized command. Individual ants leave pheromone trails that influence others' behavior, enabling coordination without central planning.
Serves as biological parallel to DAOs and blockchain governance systems where collective decisions emerge from distributed participant actions.
Notable Traits of Ant Colony
- Stigmergic coordination via pheromones
- No individual plans colony strategy
- Collective intelligence emerges from simple local rules