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Robots: Mechanical fish scares invasive species so badly it cannot breed
- bitxbitxbitcoin 5y agoI wish humanity would channel its destructiveness to target invasive species. Use propaganda to push target species as socially accepted table fare and see what happens.
- yial 5y agoThat’s not a bad idea as long as we avoid “the cobra effect”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive
- Proven 5y agoIt will get used to robots after 3-4 generations
- aitchnyu 5y agoScientists should find if these fish have a cucumber equivalent thats easy to manufacture and operate from a robot. Youtube has a ton of videos of cats getting startled by cucumbers since it triggers an innate fear of reptiles, and we humans also have that fear but don't suffer that false positive.