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Supersized AIs: Are truly intelligent machines just a matter of scale?

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Supersized AIs: Are truly intelligent machines just a matter of scale?

Gigantic neural networks that write with remarkable fluency have led some experts to suggest that scaling up current technology will lead to human-level language abilities – and ultimately true machine intelligence

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Gifted dogs can learn 12 words in a week and remember them for months

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Porcupine pufferfish (diodon hystrix) being cleaned by cleaner fish (labroides dimidiatus)

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Female cleaner fish can judge when to cheat without getting caught

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An elephant raising its trunk over its head as someone rides it

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57 per cent of elephants at Thai tourist facilities have nervous tics

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Simple make-up tips can help you avoid face recognition software

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Hyenas make faces at each other when they want to play-fight

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Watch cuttlefish migrate together in a defensive line with a lookout

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Watch cuttlefish migrate together in a defensive line with a lookout

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Ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets could be decoded by an AI

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Cats refuse to snuggle with objects that smell like their owners

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spiders trapped in amber

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Ancient spiders locked in amber died looking after their offspring

Modern spiders are known to be devoted parents, and ancient spiders trapped in 99-million-year-old amber seem to have cared for their young too

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Piles of animal dung reveal the location of an ancient Arabian oasis

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Male rodents with less time to breed grow bigger testes

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Cows have been potty-trained to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

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Sea fireflies adapted their threatening glow to attract mates

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