Primatologist studying communication and cognition in wild apes. Some time academic. Full time naked ape. PI Wild Minds Lab @ University of St Andrews. She/her.
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If we confuse generative AI’s ability to produce text with consciousness, we risk assigning moral responsibility to chatbots—and not to their makers, Ted Chiang argues.
so, this is deeply, deeply horrifying thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...
RIP Sonny Rollins, a great jazz talent and the last surviving musician in one of the best photos of men in suits during the 20th century
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Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.
New paper 🚨 We analyzed 2500+ yawns from nearly 200 geladas across wild and captive groups, and found that their unique multimodal (“loud”) yawns may signal heightened emotional arousal!
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New paper! We use simulations to test received wisdom on the observational sampling method to use and find that Altmann 1974 was right all along (never bet against Jeanne!). Focal follows capture rare, fleeting behaviours, scans captures long, common behaviours. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Most behavioural studies rely on systematic behavioural sampling, as observing and recording all behavioural events that occur is rarely feasible. Cho…
Why do rituals persist?
They are often treated either as attempts to influence uncertain outcomes or as practices that regulate group life. But these functions are usually blended together.
In our new paper, we argue that reinforcement learning helps explain this blending.
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We’re hiring Research Assistants with the Moyen Bafing Chimpanzee Project!
Help contribute to a growing wild chimpanzee research & conservation project in West Africa 🐵
Apply now (open until filled, starting dates from July). More info👇or dm for Qs #conservation #science #fieldwork #primates 🧪
Martin Lang
The Moyen Bafing Chimp Project
With so many people using AI, spelling mistakes have gone from a sign of laziness to proof of human touch, Michael Waters argues. He examines the newfound allure of the typo:
To some, they’re no longer a sign of laziness but proof of human touch.
