Collective Intelligence Research Laboratory. 

The University of Tokyo

Laboratory members



Mission statement

Founded in April 2023, we conduct research in collective intelligence, in which we explore ways to understand and enhance the foundations for the collaboration and co-creation among people. We also study AI alignment and AI safety as technological means and constrains to augment collective intelligence.

Selected publications since April 2023

Doi, I., Deng, W., & Ikegami, T. (2023). Spontaneous and information-induced bursting activities in honeybee hives. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 11015.

Kojima, H., Kashiwagi, A., & Ikegami, T. (2024). Revealing gene expression heterogeneity in a clonal population of Tetrahymena thermophila through single-cell RNA sequencing. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, 38, 101720.

Mogi, K. (2024) Artificial Intelligence, Human Cognition, and Conscious Supremacy. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1364714.

Ryosuke Takata, Yujin Tang, Yingtao Tian, Norihiro Maruyama, Hiroki Kojima, Takashi Ikegami (2024)  “Evolution of Collective AI Beyond Individual Optimization” arXiv:2412.02085v1

Talks at the laboratory

The Science of Consciousness.  Stuart Hameroff talk at The University of Tokyo Komaba campus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzmcYUGuPAo 

From AI alignment to AGI ethics. Joscha Bach talk at The University of Tokyo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCq6qnxhAc0 

Understanding risks [of/with] AI. Tegan Maharaj talk at the University of Tokyo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV7tFTxdZuQ 

The silence of mind. A talk by Erkin Bek, Nick Rusling, and Christoph Michel at The University of Tokyo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6ECWpU1k40

Creativity and meaning shift. A talk by Luc Steels at the University of Tokyo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5kSZLZg6bE

Can consciousness reside in an LLM?  Talk by Takashi Ikegami at the University of Tokyo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I51iZnK3J4o

Consciousness and AI alignment. Talk by Ken Mogi at the University of Tokyo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ovdxAG7-ZA