Look out, gamers: chimpanzees might be coming for your high scores. Panzee, a 22-year-old female chimp, significantly outperformed 12 children and 4 adults on a complex maze in a virtual-reality computer game.
took a significantly shorter route to the prize than the kids – and even the adults.
So, will humans one day be fending off Panzee in Skyrim? “If you gave a chimp who liked doing the task enough time, maybe,” said Dolins. “They’re curious, and intrinsically motivated to find more information about the world.”
be warned. a couple million years and Panzee will be outperforming YOU in your favorite computer game, which by then will be re-released for the thousandth time AND remastered into a nasal spray.
oh yeah, and you will be dead.
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