'Birdbrain' Is a Misnomer. Crows Make Decisions Faster Than We Can

Re:'Birdbrain' Is a Misnomer. Crows Make Decisions Faster Th... by greymalik on Sunday November 15, 2026 @03:15PM (#50510260)

Adrian Tchaikovsky explores each of these kinds of intelligence across his sci-fi Children of Time trilogy.

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Re:'Birdbrain' Is a Misnomer. Crows Make Decisions Faster Th... by Computer0 on Sunday November 15, 2026 @03:28PM (#50510364)

Spiders?

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Re:'Birdbrain' Is a Misnomer. Crows Make Decisions Faster Th... by olivermuty on Sunday November 15, 2026 @03:33PM (#50510419)

Are written like mammals in this book, just with a different way of comminucating.

Tiger shrimp are also in the picture eventually.

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Re:'Birdbrain' Is a Misnomer. Crows Make Decisions Faster Th... by shostack on Sunday November 15, 2026 @03:36PM (#50510438)

Cato is actually more of a mantis shrimp.

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Re:'Birdbrain' Is a Misnomer. Crows Make Decisions Faster Th... by shostack on Sunday November 15, 2026 @03:37PM (#50510446)

Yes, and the third book, Children of a Memory, which features the corvids, is particularly interesting in the age of AI and questioning what intelligence really is.

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