Comments on: Manipulating Just One Gene Makes a Smarter Rat

By: Get More Magnesium, Get Smarter | Singularity Hub

Get More Magnesium, Get Smarter | Singularity Hub — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:17:09 +0000

[...] old people live longer). Hopefully magnesium will get similar examinations in the near future. Besides genetic manipulation, magnesium is one of the few known ways to make a smarter rat. And unlike genetic manipulation, [...]

By: Robot Mice Solve Mazes With Blazing Speed (Video) | Singularity Hub

Robot Mice Solve Mazes With Blazing Speed (Video) | Singularity Hub — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:31:46 +0000

[...] geneticists are making smarter rats with better memories, but can they run a maze in less than five seconds? The 30th All Japan Micromouse Competition late [...]

By: ben951

ben951 — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:41:45 +0000

What happen if we augment a big ape intellect to a point where it’s one step closer to a human, I mean it’s already a problem to use big ape like Bonobo for experiment .

Bonobos are capable of passing the mirror-recognition test for self-awareness. some Bonobo have a vocabulary of more than 500 English word using a lexigrams keyboard and have the comprehension of around 3,000 spoken English words.

Primatologists says that Bonobo are often capable of altruism, compassion, empathy, kindness, patience, and sensitivity.

I mean at some point will have to give them human rights if we enhance their intelligence even more.