Machine vs human?
To put put it bluntly, Artificial intelligence (AI) relies on machines, whereas Collective Intelligence (CI) relies on people. AI stands for the simulation of human intelligence by machines, computers or software systems. In your day to day life, AI is text-prediction in emails, content suggestion in Netflix or traffic prediction in Google Maps. CI, on the contrary is the shared intelligence of multiple people – it is, in a way, the sum of human knowledge (or of a specific community) on a given topic. Our infographic takes a closer look at the definitions of both artificial and collective intelligence, what their main differences are and how they can reinforce each other.
- “Natural Language Processing at CitizenLab: how machine learning can transform citizen engagement projects”
- “Applying artificial intelligence to citizen participation: the Youth4Climate case study”
- “The human factor: helping governments tap into collective intelligence”
More in this series
This article is a part of our “what’s the difference?” series. Browse through the others here:




