Minsky predicted multi-agent AI in 1980s

MIT professor Marvin Minsky proposed in his 1986 book 'The Society of Mind' that intelligence emerges from many simple 'agents' working together, each performing a specialized task.

His multi-agent model is similar to modern systems being developed by companies like Anthropic, which explore multi-agent AI collaboration.

Minsky argued against a single central thinking system, instead positing that thousands of tiny mental processes combine to create human intelligence.

The concept uses an office analogy: one employee doing all tasks is inefficient, whereas a team of specialists working together performs better.