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dreamcompiler
282 days ago
Chimpanzees have binocular color vision with similar acuity to humans. Yet we don't let them drive taxis. Why?
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ikekkdcjkfke
282 days ago
Chimpanzies are better than humans given a reward structure they understand. The next battlefield evilution are chimpanzies hooked up with intravenous cocaine modules running around with 50. cals
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ndsipa_pomu
282 days ago
There's laws about mis-treating animals. Driving a taxi would surely count as inhumane torture.
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insane_dreamer
281 days ago
they can't understand how to react to what they see the way humans do
it has to do with the processing of information and decision-making, not data capture
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Y_Y
282 days ago
This is plainly untrue, see e.g.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdXbf12AzIM
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