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B.F. Skinner trained pigeons to pilot bombs during World War II: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon
by whylo 7y ago
B.F. Skinner trained pigeons to pilot bombs during World War II: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon
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- 14 7y agoThis is where my mind went as well. But perhaps we could find better uses like rats trained to drive mini 4x4 solar powered vehicles through a crop stopping at weeds with their little machine and plucking up the weeds all while not damaging the crop.
- pattisapu 7y agoThe ancient Egyptians trained baboons to wait tables. Source: Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts
- starvingbear 7y agoI'm guessing just one incident was the end of that idea