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> But ants don't have a brain. Ants have a brain, albeit a small one - some 250,000 nerve cells vs 100 billion neurons in the human brain [1] It is somewhat l
by stevenjgarner 2y ago
> But ants don't have a brain.
Ants have a brain, albeit a small one - some 250,000 nerve cells vs 100 billion neurons in the human brain [1]
It is somewhat like saying an Intel 4004 is not really a microprocessor as it only has 2,300 transistors vs an Apple M4 with 28 billion transistors.
[1] https://www.smorescience.com/do-ants-have-brains/ https://www.smorescience.com/do-ants-have-brains/
- ghm2180 2y agoDebating this point is a bit like bike shedding and besides the point. The point is they can't think nearly as closely like humans, but a network of them can seemingly do intelligent things. Intelligence is only about shared goals and beliefs with an agent(the other ants in this example) and achieving them.