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Err.. isn't monkeys transcribing a New York Times article even more amazing?
by redirectleft 10y ago
Err.. isn't monkeys transcribing a New York Times article even more amazing?
- creshal 10y agoAmazing maybe, but not really news. Monkeys could pilot the Mercury capsule, too. With several months of intense training, you can make them do a lot of tasks involving pattern recognition. Reliable brain-sensing, on the other hand, is news.
- daveguy 10y agoAhem. They didn't pilot the capsule. They were passengers.
- creshal 10y agoThank you for your opinion, Chuck.
- creshal 10y agoSince people don't seem to get the reference: "Mercury astronauts are passengers, not pilots" was a prejudice against the budding manned space program, spread by among others Chuck Yeager. It seemed to hurt their ego that even a monkey could do it (…after months of training, which included electroshock therapy).
- astrodust 10y agoI don't know. I saw a pretty compelling documentary about the space capabilities of monkeys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Chimps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Chimps
- melling 10y agoNo. "Look at me, I can type 100 wpm... Why would anyone ever want to do this?" Why does the value always need to be explained? Of course the value is explained in the article, but you just read the headline?
- visarga 10y ago... by the power of mind alone!
- marvy 10y agoAs someone else in the comments pointed out, they didn't transcribe it by reading it. The right letter to type was lit up on the screen. (The article mentions this, but doesn't emphasize it too well.)