Artificial intelligence is powerful, but what about natural intelligence? This hour, TED speakers explore the intrinsic genius in animal language, insect behavior, plant anatomy and our immune system.

Dr. Karl Friston is a distinguished computational psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and pioneer of modern neuroimaging and, now, AI. He is a leading expert on intelligence, natural as well as artificial.

Multi-agent systems (MAS) represent a paradigm in computer science where multiple interacting agents operate within a shared environment to negotiate, collaborate, and solve complex problems. Recent ...