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The ways we assume, observe and model “presence” and its effects are the focus in this paper. Entities with selectively shared presences are the basis of any collective, and of attributions (such as “humorous”, “efficient” or “intelligent”). The subtleties of any joint presence can markedly influence potentials, perceptions and performance of the collective as demonstrated when a humorous tale is counterpoised with disciplined thought. Disciplines build on presences assumed known or knowable while fluid and interpretable presences pervade humor. Explorations in this paper allow considerations of collectives, causality and the philosophy of computing. Economics has long considered issues of collective action in ways circumscribed by assumptions about the presence of economic entities. Such entities are deemed rational but they are clearly not intelligent. To reach its potential, collective intelligence research needs more adequate considerations of alternate presences and their impacts.
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McGovern, M. (2012). On Presence, Collective Performance and Assumptions of Causality. In: Altmann, J., Baumöl, U., Krämer, B. (eds) Advances in Collective Intelligence 2011. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 113. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25321-8_9
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