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Soon (or maybe NOW) RATS will play games better than gaming journalists (www.tomshardware.com)
posted 179 days ago by Norenia 179 days ago by Norenia +51 / -0
Experiment to train rats to play Doom reaches a new level; rats can now shoot enemies — wraparound AMOLED screen provides virtua...
Ambitious project to teach rats how to play Doom is still ongoing four years later.
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– TheKidsAreAltRight 22 points 178 days ago +22 / -0

Pigeons are already better than gaming journalists and i consider rats smarter than pigeons by a long mile.

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– Norenia [S] 4 points 178 days ago +4 / -0

I do recall the Cuphead comparisons, even thought of it before sharing the article here. I suppose birds do have some of the tiniest brains, wasn't sure how they compared with rats for intelligence.

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– AlfredicEnglishRules 9 points 178 days ago +9 / -0

The problem is that the bird brain does not work the same as the rat one. So comparisons are like potatoes and oranges.

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– Norenia [S] 7 points 178 days ago +7 / -0

I suppose it's also a matter that the pigeon in question wasn't actually playing Cuphead, but it was actually learning what it was doing wrong with its own puzzle, whereas Cuphead journalist couldn't do it with instructions on the screen.

This rat is actually playing DOOM.

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– AlfredicEnglishRules 6 points 178 days ago +6 / -0

Makes me wonder if they use the giant rats or dogs if it plays Wolfenstein 3D.

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– Belenus 6 points 178 days ago +6 / -0

Having seen journos play DOOM, and so poorly it looked like an amputee was doing so because somehow double analog sticks was impossible for the reviewer, my money is definitely on the rat.

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– AlfredicEnglishRules 13 points 178 days ago +13 / -0

A frickin rat has a better gaming set up than me!?

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– TheOutlaw 10 points 178 days ago +10 / -0

And they don't touch children.

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– nuggetpatrol 9 points 178 days ago +9 / -0

They should try racing games instead.

Rats apparently like driving cars.

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– Cyberguy64 2 points 178 days ago +2 / -0

Ralph S Mouse has entered the chat.

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– AntonioOfVenice 4 points 178 days ago +4 / -0

RATS...gaming journalists

They're the same picture.

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– Norenia [S] 3 points 179 days ago +3 / -0

Sharing an article from c/gaming, wasn't sure if that poster would think of posting it here too.

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– SR388-SAX 2 points 178 days ago +2 / -0

My only thought is: how is Yolorun.capital leeching off of my tax dollars to enable this?

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– cccpneveragain 2 points 179 days ago +2 / -0

Do they also require an easy mode where it just senses their presence and plays the game for them?

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– CanuckElhead 1 point 177 days ago +1 / -0

We'll make game journalists run mazes then and sort which ones will get to the puff pastries first and who meanders talking about politics in the Philippines.

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