Whole systems do things none of their parts do, and nobody has to design that order for it to appear.
Adam SmithCharity MajorsEric RiesNeri OxmanSean CarrollSergey Levine
Their wordsSo if you can predict it doesn't count as emergence, actually.
Their wordsThat’s different than something being emergent or non-fundamental, but also real. This table is real, even though I know it’s made of atoms, that doesn’t remove the realness from the table. I think that consciousness and free will and things like that are just as real in tables and chairs.
Their wordsYeah. So there's a subtlety here. Emerging capabilities don't just come from the fact that internet data has a lot of stuff in it. They also come from the fact that generalization once it reaches a certain level becomes compositional.
Their wordscorporations, organizations are the oldest form of artificial intelligence on the planet. They are an example of this emergent intelligence.
Their wordsBut hierarchy is not intrinsically authoritarian. Hierarchy did not originate as a political structure that humans invented for controlling and dominating one another, it is in fact a property of self-organizing systems, and it emerges for the benefit of the subsystems.
Their wordsBy pursuing his own interest, he frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it. I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.