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A chimpanzee browses Instagram [video]
- actionowl 7y agoGreat, now we're getting Chips addicted to social media!
- stunt 7y agoChimpanzee is capable of learning by imitation and cultural learning. So technically if you show a few of them how to use Instagram, it will spread quickly. What is more spectacular about this video is the fact that the Chimpanzee is not doing it for a reward!
- LeoPanthera 7y agoThis video has been freebooted, the original is here: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwf080_Bfby/ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwf080_Bfby/
- pcr0 7y agoIf the chimp was taught how to publish content (as opposed to just consuming), I wonder if it would do so of its own accord.
- bottled_poe 7y agoLooks like Apple has found a new untapped market.
- ahelwer 7y agoI fully expect Captain Disillusion to completely deconstruct this video in the coming days. There's no way it isn't VFX. The chimp naturally swipes through instagram, ending on a video of when it first met the owner? Please. It's a viral stunt, nothing more.
- davesque 7y agoChimps can recognize their own image in a mirror. To me, that makes it seem at least plausible that they could understand the level of abstraction necessary to scroll through a list of pictures with a touch screen.
- merricksb 7y agoPreviously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19750278 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19750278