lab 5

Lab 5 Andy Clark's

The chapter, “Global Swarming,” is interesting and dealt with the comparisons and how people, animals, and computers follow different trends to combine systems of efficient life. Clark brings up "positive feedback" as an idea. It gives a positive reinforcement for an action. It is similar to how ants use pheromones to create paths to the closest food source. When the food source runs out, the path to the next closest food source will then have the most pheromones. The food is the reinforcement and is subconsciously a positive feedback. Toward the end of the chapter, Clark introduced the “TTT world” (things that think). I found this interesting, in that it appears that most every aspect of life is monitored and taken care of when needed. This was interesting to learn about how things would be if everything thought for itself.