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AI opens new era in cognitive studies of wild primates

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Re: AI opens new era in cognitive studies of wild primates

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so their idea is to put an ipad in the middle of the forest, installed with games, and if played right, delievers a treat... makes me wonder if something alien civilization is not doing something like that to us.

> makes me wonder if something alien civilization is not doing something like that

Big Tech is doing that to us.

When we make the algo happy we get treats - likes, shares, followers - dopamine hits.

Re: AI opens new era in cognitive studies of wild primates

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so their idea is to put an ipad in the middle of the forest, installed with games, and if played right, delievers a treat... makes me wonder if something alien civilization is not doing something like that to us.

> makes me wonder if something alien civilization is not doing something like that Big Tech is doing that to us. When we make the algo happy we get treats - likes, shares, followers - dopamine hits.

There is no evidence that Zuckerberg isn't an alien, so it seems like both are.

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> makes me wonder if something alien civilization is not doing something like that Big Tech is doing that to us. When we make the algo happy we get treats - likes, shares, followers - dopamine hits.

There is no evidence that Zuckerberg isn't an alien, so it seems like both are.

There is actually no evidence that he is human either. Quite contrary, there is counter proof.

Re: AI opens new era in cognitive studies of wild primates

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is no evidence that Zuckerberg isn't an alien, so it seems like both are.

There is actually no evidence that he is human either. Quite contrary, there is counter proof.

What about the fact that he *looks* human through and through? That's generally an indicator with ~100% prediction success.
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