‘Dim-witted’ pigeons use the same principles as AI to solve tasks

October 25, 2023

‘Dim-witted’ pigeons use the same principles as AI to solve tasks

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A new study provides evidence that pigeons tackle some problems just as artificial intelligence would – allowing them to solve difficult tasks that would vex humans.

Previous research had shown pigeons learned how to solve complex categorization tasks that human ways of thinking – like selective attention and explicit rule use – would not be useful in solving.

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