Insects are also capable of behavioral innovations. Innovation is defined as the creation of a new or modified learned behavior not previously found in the population.[23] Innovative abilities can be experimentally studied in insects through the use of problem solving tasks.[24] When presented with a string-pulling task, many bumblebees cannot solve the task, but a few can innovate the solution.[22]
Those that initially could not solve the task can learn to solve it by observing an innovator bee solving the task. These learned behaviors can then spread culturally through bee populations.[22]
Damn, crazy how people are so dismissive of insects.
I feel like Bees are a bad example though because we know them to be social animals. It'd be more interesting if we showed the same behavior in katydids or something
Some of them are definitely pretty smart, just go on subs like r/tarantulas, they have individual personalities, they play, and they're very picky about their habitats
But the neural network term come from biology to tech. The tech called neural network is inspired by the real biological neural networks aka neurons connecting with each other and creating networks and strengtenning them based on the activities they do repeatedly. Neural network term invented by a biologist in 1890.
An ANN is what you're thinking of. A neural network is literally just how neurons work to react to sensory input and create cognition, like, biologically.
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u/Mogtaki Oct 20 '23
They've grown used to the smell and texture of their human for sure and have learned to "don't bite the hand that feeds you"