Collaborative intelligence is a term used in several disciplines, and has several different meanings.

Collaborative intelligence was later defined as to require the investigation of aspects of collective intelligence, namely those that acknowledge identity, as in social networks, as the foundation for next generation problem-solving ecosystems, modeled on evolutionary adaptation in nature ’ s ecosystems.

Collaborative intelligence requires capacity for effective search, discovery, integration, visualization, and frameworks to support collaborative problem-solving.

Collaborative intelligence relates to whether prediction is defined as active, how heuristics are used, and whether analogs to developmental processes for facilitated variation enable systems to evolve non-randomly toward increased functional effectiveness.

Collaborative intelligence addresses problems where individual expertise, potentially conflicting priorities of stakeholders, and different interpretations of diverse experts are critical for problem-solving.

Collaborative intelligence is a measure of capacity of a group, whether small and co-located or large and distributed, to innovate, solve problems, and achieve new discoveries.