Virginia Patent of the Month – January 2025
In the realm of computer-mediated collaboration, Unanimous AI has introduced a groundbreaking invention that revolutionizes how large groups engage in real-time, coherent conversations. Traditional methods of collaboration—whether through text, voice, video, or VR—struggle to maintain effectiveness as group sizes grow beyond 12 to 15 participants. This limitation has long hindered the ability to harness the collective intelligence of larger groups, often relegating meaningful dialogue to smaller, more manageable subgroups. Unanimous AI’s innovation addresses this challenge head-on, enabling scalable, real-time conversational collaboration across large populations.
At the heart of this invention is a sophisticated system that divides a large group of participants into smaller, more manageable subgroups. Each subgroup engages in real-time, deliberative conversations, facilitated by a local chat application on their networked devices. These conversations are guided by a central collaboration server, which distributes conversational prompts—such as questions, issues, or topics—to all participants simultaneously. The server then collects and processes the dialogue from each subgroup using advanced large language models (LLMs). These models identify key viewpoints, positions, and claims supported by evidence or reasoning, summarizing the discussions in a conversational format.
The true brilliance of the system lies in its ability to propagate insights across subgroups. After processing the dialogue, the collaboration server shares summarized arguments or summaries from one subgroup with another, fostering cross-pollination of ideas. This iterative process—repeated multiple times—ensures that the collective intelligence of the entire group is amplified, leading to richer insights and more informed decisions. Additionally, the system can monitor conversations for unsupported claims, prompting participants to provide reasoning or evidence, thereby enhancing the quality of discourse.
Unanimous AI’s invention also introduces a moderation layer, where human moderators can review summarized positions, themes, or concerns from all subgroups and generate a global summary. This feature ensures that the final output reflects the most valuable insights from the entire population. By combining AI-driven processing with human oversight, the system strikes a balance between scalability and depth, making it a powerful tool for decision-making, problem-solving, and collaborative innovation in large groups.
This invention represents a significant leap forward in computer-mediated collaboration, breaking down the barriers of group size and enabling organizations to tap into the collective wisdom of their entire network. Whether used in corporate settings, educational environments, or public forums, Unanimous AI’s system promises to transform how we collaborate, deliberate, and innovate in the digital age.
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