A team of researchers from Germany ’s Wyss Institute found that inconsistencies in the social behaviour of termites provided unexpected insights into potential fluctuations in machine behaviour . By the time that mound is 17 feet tall, it will be equivalent in scale to the Burj Khalifa. While the team expected that the termites would behave as memoryless automatons whose actions were driven solely by probability , they were surprised to discover different personalities existed within the wider social group . Further research into the behaviour of robots could reveal similar results , with wider implications for our expectations of machines .
A team of researchers from Germany ’s Wyss Institute found that inconsistencies in the social behaviour of termites provided unexpected insights into potential fluctuations in machine behaviour . While the team expected that the termites would behave as memoryless automatons whose actions were driven solely by probability , they were surprised to discover different personalities existed within the wider social group . Further research into the behaviour of robots could reveal similar results , with wider implications for our expectations of machines .