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by namarie 3313 days ago
Aren't we actually better at endurance running than any other animal?
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Seems sled dogs beat us on this one:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HDG4GSypcIE

Yet again we have created something to outdo us.
DeepMind could do it better.
Human plus bicycle is the most efficient.

Which may seem like a snide point (and a ripoff of Steve Jobs) but seriously it hints at where things could go with AI.

I think so. It's all about heat regulation: we have far more sweat glands than any other species, even our ape ancestors.
Land animal, I believe so, yes.

But an albatros would cover much more ground much more efficiently than us.