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Pigeons turned out to be hidden geniuses. They make decisions just like AI
Miscellaneous / / October 31, 2023
It's good that they are not as vindictive as crows.
Pigeons, which some townspeople consider only an obstacle in their path, turned out to be much smarter than they seem. They can learn from their mistakes, follow instructions, distinguish colors, and even recognize objects.
In the new research 24 birds participated. They were given tasks for visual perception - they had to distribute multi-colored lines and geometric shapes into two different categories by pressing the right or left button with their beak. For correct decisions they received food.
It turns out that pigeons don't need rules. Instead, they learn through trial and error. Some of them learned the material in a matter of days, others took weeks. But in the end, almost everyone was able to achieve success.
When shown a visual image of, say, “category A,” anything that looked very similar was also classified as “category A,” using their ability to identify similarities.
Brandon Turner
Professor of Psychology at Ohio University (USA)
The mechanism for processing information in pigeons coincides with the method by which artificial intelligence learns to make correct predictions, the authors note. In addition, birds are no worse than AI at correcting mistakes. During the experiment, their skill in solving simple problems improved from 55% to 95%, and more complex ones - to 68%.
That's a damn good brain. He may be small in size, but he has a huge capacity for learning.
Edward Wasserman
Professor of Experimental Psychology at the University of Iowa (USA)
Now the authors want to team up with other scientists to study the cognitive abilities of these birds. They believe this will help identify mechanisms that will allow people to work more successfully with people with brain damage.
No pigeons were harmed during the study.
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