Dragonflies Teach Us How to Build Better Systems with Artificial Intelligence

In the October5, 2015 issue of the Wall Street Journal, there appeared a feature article titled: "Scientists Tap Dragonfly Vision to Build a Better Bionic Eye", with the subtitle: "Artificial-intelligence system could aid the blind and help create a better driverless car." The actual article was written by Rachel Pannett and starts as follows: "What can humans learn from dragonflies? Australian researchers have developed an artificial-intelligence system based on a dragonfly's vision that they say could help improve the eyesight of people who can see almost nothing. The system also is expected to find applications in automated technologies that rely on artificial sight, such as robots and driverless cars." In this article, the dragonfly's remarkable ability as a predator is mentioned.