Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to make tools

Re:Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to mak... by amelius on Saturday March 29, 2025 @08:31AM (#43515019)

Yes but they make a lot of fuzzy decisions, so they are better compared with e.g. alchemists or deep learning researchers.

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Re:Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to mak... by gsf_emergency_2 on Saturday March 29, 2025 @10:04AM (#43515634)

Here is an ape adjusting the recording camera on her own

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Re:Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to mak... by jagged-chisel on Saturday March 29, 2025 @01:10PM (#43516960)

“Adjusting” or just touching the thing she’s seen the humans touch?

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Re:Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to mak... by gsf_emergency_2 on Saturday March 29, 2025 @06:21PM (#43519238)

Touche! though it might mean experimenters need to be nearly as careful with these apes as with human subjects.

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Re:Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to mak... by upghost on Saturday March 29, 2025 @08:53AM (#43515150)

> or deep learning researchers.

Priceless XD

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Re:Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to mak... by dapperdrake on Saturday March 29, 2025 @08:53AM (#43515151)

The chimps or the other living beings involved in the study?

Co-stochastic co-parrots is where it's at.

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Re:Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to mak... by abridges6532 on Saturday March 29, 2025 @01:16PM (#43516996)

Homo sapiens also make a lot of fuzzy decisions.

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Re:Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to mak... by saghm on Saturday March 29, 2025 @05:17PM (#43518808)

Honestly that makes sense; they _are_ a lot fuzzier than humans generally. Maybe they might figure out how to use a tool to shave?

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