[mapleoin]

Or significant architectural changes without scaling up.

[Nevermark]

Or a single magic mutation.

And if we ran an experiment where we gave it to some apes…

[cluckindan]

Let’s observe their reactions to a big slab of obsidian.

[sudb]

huh, I always assumed they were metal-clad objects with something inside

wikipedia tells me they are machines, but not what they're made of

[ahartmetz]

Like birds, let's say? There have been some articles on HN about how crows can be so intelligent with such a small (absolute size) brain.