Eighth Post!

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It's one thing if mankind is hunted to extinction by ChatGPT, but I really do object to being executed by Bing.

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Re: Books - A Most Remarkable Creature by Jonathan Meiburg

[(Anonymous)]

> Penguins perform stunning feats of navigation and endurance but rarely have to solve novel problems: their lives consist of chasing their favorite prey, following other penguins around, avoiding scary aquatic predators, and basking in the sun on the islands where they breed.

It's a bit of a one-off comment - the author brings up a study where chimangos who were allowed to observe another chimango solving a puzzle for food would solve that puzzle far more quickly and easily than those who aren't. But social learning is a very specific generalist trait that doesn't just arise naturally from being a social animal; penguins are given as an example of social animals where their clearly-defined ecological niche simply doesn't require them to adapt on the fly (ha!) like parrots or humans do. They're not really dumb, but they're dumb if you apply human standards to them.