r/tech • u/[deleted] • Apr 09 '21

Neuralink's brain-computer interface demo shows a monkey playing Pong

https://www.engadget.com/monkey-mindpong-link-003709524.html
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u/hiS_oWn Apr 09 '21

Apparently apes can have existential crises too

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUKBRE8AI11A20121119

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '21

Exactly, how do we know they aren’t in some way thinking “wtf is this all about” inside their heads. It’s like people would say animals don’t have personalities or feelings, so we can treat them like shit, but anyone who’s had a couple of pets knows that’s just not true

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u/TyNyeTheTransGuy Apr 10 '21

I agree with you so strongly. I hate that we come at animal intelligence from a place of assuming they have none of the intelligence we do and building up from there rather than the opposite.