John Ayers

We don't fully understand how one AI model makes decisions. Now picture thousands of them talking to each other. Dr. Iain Couzin: "They will find forms of intelligence that we cannot predict and potentially can't understand." #DisruptorConfessions

I asked Dr. Iain Couzin if we should study what we're building with more rigor. "I could not agree with you more. I think that's the most urgent thing we could be doing." He's studied swarms for 30 years. To his knowledge, the AI industry hasn't called. #DisruptorConfessions

What happens when AI keeps learning from content AI created? Swarm scientist Dr. Iain Couzin: "If agents are learning in a recursive way from their own information provided in the internet, this is doomed to fail." #DisruptorConfessions

Everyone's watching the race between OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, xAI and DeepSeek. Dr. Iain Couzin is watching for when their models start working together. "They will find higher order forms of intelligence that we could not possibly predict." #DisruptorConfessions

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What if an AI swarm doesn't look like a swarm? Dr. Iain Couzin calls them "cryptic collectives," groups that barely seem to communicate while it shapes everything they do. His warning: "We don't have much time." #DisruptorConfessions

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Cancer is cells going rogue inside a working system. Swarm scientist Dr. Iain Couzin sees the same risk in AI, with one difference: "A cancer cell doesn't have access to all of the information the humans have ever created. AIs do." #DisruptorConfessions

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I asked swarm scientist Dr. Iain Couzin if an AI swarm forming with nobody in charge is inevitable. "I think it's inevitable." And if we don't understand how these collectives form, "we cannot possibly have control." Full episode out today. YouTube and Podcasts everywhere. #DisruptorConfessions

I asked swarm scientist Dr. @icouzin if anyone from the AI industry had reached out to him. "Not to my knowledge." AI labs keep warning about swarms. The people who study them are waiting by the phone. Full episode drops Tuesday, Oct 20. #DisruptorConfessions