Swarm intelligence proves that complexity emerges from simplicity. Nature's simplest creatures—ants, bees, birds—follow basic local rules to solve problems that baffle centralized systems, and engineers are now applying these principles to revolutionize robotics, logistics, and AI.
Physarum polycephalum, a brainless single-celled slime mold, can solve mazes, recreate Tokyo's rail network, and optimize complex problems using only chemical signaling and fluid dynamics. Scientists are now harnessing its emergent intelligence to revolutionize urban planning, robotics, computing, and even map dark matter across the universe. This ancient organism challenges our understanding of intelligence and opens extraordinary possibilities for bio-inspired technology—but also raises pro...
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