  Swarm Intelligence (SI) is a natural phenomenon that enables biological
groups to amplify their combined intellect by forming real-time systems.
Artificial Swarm Intelligence (or Swarm AI) is a technology that enables
networked human groups to amplify their combined intelligence by forming
similar systems. In the past, swarm-based methods were constrained to narrowly
defined tasks like probabilistic forecasting and multiple-choice decision
making. A new technology called Conversational Swarm Intelligence (CSI) was
developed in 2023 that amplifies the decision-making accuracy of networked
human groups through natural conversational deliberations. The current study
evaluated the ability of real-time groups using a CSI platform to take a common
IQ test known as Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices (RAPM). First, a
baseline group of participants took the Raven's IQ test by traditional survey.
This group averaged 45.6% correct. Then, groups of approximately 35 individuals
answered IQ test questions together using a CSI platform called Thinkscape.
These groups averaged 80.5% correct. This places the CSI groups in the 97th
percentile of IQ test-takers and corresponds to an effective IQ increase of 28
points (p<0.001). This is an encouraging result and suggests that CSI is a
powerful method for enabling conversational collective intelligence in large,
networked groups. In addition, because CSI is scalable across groups of
potentially any size, this technology may provide a viable pathway to building
a Collective Superintelligence.
