IT city guys out of a job as Ayumu the chimp displays impressive memory

[Lockhouse]

GPU - Gorilla Processing Unit.

[sasguru]

"Unfortunately, IT workers often exhibit behavioural signs of boredom, frustration and stress,"


"If an IT worker does not receive enough cognitive challenge in life, this can lead to abnormal behaviours or a lack of interest in the environment, such as posting bollox on CUK and winking furiously in an overpriced and gaudy looking shed."

Sorry to hear about your problem
Glad you've finally got a shed, though.

[DimPrawn]

"Unfortunately, IT workers often exhibit behavioural signs of boredom, frustration and stress,"


"If an IT worker does not receive enough cognitive challenge in life, this can lead to abnormal behaviours or a lack of interest in the environment, such as posting bollox on CUK and winking furiously in an overpriced and gaudy looking shed."

[nomadd]

Wow! Ayumu the chimp must have a photographic memory or something, very impressive.

BBC Nature - Ape versus machine: Do primates enjoy computer games?

I know this Chimp. He works for Wipro.

Honestly? Not much of a team player.

[nomadd]

CPU - Chimp Processing Unit

CPC = Chimp Processing Cluster.

After all, you'd want the system to be scalable.

[doodab]

CPU - Chimp Processing Unit

That sounds like a rather dubious sausage factory.

[Lockhouse]

CPU - Chimp Processing Unit

[SimonMac]

Finally, a real alternative to Agents

[doodab]

Bankers Shirley? Ideal operators for their low latency trading platform.

Then we would be faced with the prospect of chimps collecting multi million pound bonuses and driving round in aston martins.

I say let them play donkey kong.

[gingerjedi]

Bankers Shirley? Ideal operators for their low latency trading platform.

[scooterscot]

Wow! Ayumu the chimp must have a photographic memory or something, very impressive.

BBC Nature - Ape versus machine: Do primates enjoy computer games?

A chimp genius can complete a computer memory test in less time than it takes the average person to blink - and much faster than any human rival. But do the world's cleverest animals enjoy these cognitive tasks?

Ayumu, who was born and raised in Japan's Kyoto University, can remember the location and order of a set of numbers in record time. Sixty milliseconds to be precise.

Of course, it is not "natural" behaviour for a chimp to interact with a computer screen, but scientists suggest this type of task could be good for captive apes.

Ayumu's record stands at 60 milliseconds
"Unfortunately, captive great apes often exhibit behavioural signs of boredom, frustration and stress," says Fay Clark from the Royal Veterinary College's Centre for Animal Welfare.

Working with the Zoological Society of London, Ms Clark has recently published a review of research investigating whether challenges that get captive apes thinking can enhance their well-being.

"If an ape does not receive enough cognitive challenge in life, this can lead to abnormal behaviours or a lack of interest in the environment," she tells BBC Nature.

"The key is for scientists to develop challenges which are relevant, motivating, and ultimately solvable if they are going to be used as enrichment."