Rats in a maze with a shotgun

[vetran]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...deo-games.html

That's claw-some! Scientist teaches his pet RATS how to play the video game Doom including navigating through mazes and shooting monsters – confirming the animals are 'incredibly smart'

• Viktor Toth, 30, trained three rats to play the video game Doom
• The rats were placed on a moving ball, letting them play in first-person character
• He trained them to rear up to use the shotgun when an enemy approached

ok he may not get laid but good effort!

[d000hg]

Do we really want rats to learn how to use tools?! But very neat.

[SueEllen]

Do we really want rats to learn how to use tools?!

NO!

Let the horrible buggers evolve naturally like crows.

[NigelJK]

I think it says more about the 'game play' and level of intelligence required to play Doom. Such a pity there are so many 'games' out there now based on the same point and shoot mentality.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Dunno why but it's reminded me of this:

"Big Ancestor" by F. L. Wallace: or how the human race found its interstellar origins.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/5096...-h/50969-h.htm

[jainnode]

or this?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Masons-Rats.../dp/B07DKG232P