DailyDirt: Smarter Than The Average Bear, Eh?
from the urls-we-dig-up dept
Intelligence isn't easy to measure. Artificial intelligence projects can rely on various tests, like the Turing test and games of skill (eg. poker, chess,- In fables and other stories, crows are usually pretty smart, but how smart are they really? Let's give them some tests! Previously, we've seen crows that have been able to figure out how to make and use simple tools, and some crows can apparently solve 8-step problems. [url]
- Avian intelligence tests have shown that for myna birds, there is quite a bit of variance in their population. Also, the most innovative myna birds were fast to learn a new task but not as flexible to change their behavior when conditions changed. [url]
- Chaser, a 9-year-old border collie, knows over 1,000 names and words, and she has been called "the most scientifically important dog in over a century" It seems like more and more animals are being found with the comparable cognitive abilities of human toddlers. (insert ominous music here) [url]
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Filed Under: animals, artificial intelligence, border collie, chaser, crow, myna bird
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Chaser?
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Re: I was led to believe that there would be a blurb about an intelligent bear
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Something similar...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAJIaEJChE8
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Re: It is just our ego that says that we are smarter than all other creatures
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Interesting use of the word innovative. Would you also call the Music Label executives innovative?
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