MIT: "We put hundreds of AI agents into a world ... They began specializing. A swarm of hundreds of identical agents spontaneously differentiates into explorers, builders, caretakers, and coordinators - without direct communication. They invent technologies without talking to each other."
Summary
MIT research shows that hundreds of identical AI agents in a simulated world spontaneously specialize into roles like explorers and builders without direct communication, inventing technologies independently.
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