Beaten by a Chimp!

ZenGum · 01-27-2008, 09:15 AM

According to the Japan News Net:

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A seven-year old chimp from Japan has shocked everyone by beating the British memory champion in a computer game.

The chimp, named Ayumu, trounced Ben Pridmore at a computer game based on remembering the position of numbers as they appeared on a screen.

In the game, numbers flash up for just one fifth of a second and then hidden by white squares, the participants were required to touch the squares in numerical order.

Ayumu was spot on 90 per cent of the time, while Ben scored a miserable 33 per cent.

The contest was held for Channel Five programme Extraordinary animals, due to be shown on January 29.

"I'd rather not been seen on TV doing worse than a Chimpanzee in a memory test. I'll never live it down," The Sun quoted Ben, as saying.

The chimp's a champ, the chap's a chump!

deadbeater · 01-27-2008, 06:21 PM

Wow; the chimp must have trained very well for the game.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-27-2008, 09:27 PM

Home court advantage.

ZenGum · 01-27-2008, 09:29 PM

As I read it, the contest was for a British show, and so the (Japanese) chimp was playing away. And still kicked the human's hairless ass.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-27-2008, 09:36 PM

Being a Brit show doesn't mean it was recorded there. Congrats to the chimp, but they were obviously playing a game it was familiar with, as in trained on. That's home court advantage.

tw · 01-27-2008, 10:15 PM

What some will do for bananas. How many bananas did the researchers get?

Clodfobble · 01-28-2008, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Congrats to the chimp, but they were obviously playing a game it was familiar with, as in trained on.

Not to mention, it has the luxury of devoting more of its brain to this one task. A very young kid can remember a positively stupid amount of stuff about literally hundreds of pokemon, because they (and the chimps) don't have to devote so many brain cells to knowing how to drive, and remembering to pay the mortgage, and recognizing the symptoms of an illness, and...

Cicero · 01-28-2008, 01:31 PM

You guys are getting a little defensive about this huh? You aren't going to let the chimp get to you are you?!? It's a good time to fling poo!

tw · 01-28-2008, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Not to mention, it has the luxury of devoting more of its brain to this one task. ... they (and the chimps) don't have to devote so many brain cells to knowing how to drive, and remembering to pay the mortgage, and recognizing the symptoms of an illness, and...

Same reasoning: "my computer is running slow so I must erase crap from my disk drive." Many programs erased. Computer still runs slow. Of course. Human, who makes conclusions without first learning how things work, is stumped.

So Onyxcougar asks the above chimp for help. Instead, chimp bares teeth.

I have seen the future. It is defined by "Damn you! Damn you all to hell." Clearly that movie better explains how the brain works. First they win in games. Then ...

Clodfobble · 01-28-2008, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by tw

Same reasoning: "my computer is running slow so I must erase crap from my disk drive." Many programs erased. Computer still runs slow. Of course. Human, who makes conclusions without first learning how things work, is stumped.

So Onyxcougar asks the above chimp for help. Instead, chimp bares teeth.

I have seen the future. It is defined by "Damn you! Damn you all to hell." Clearly that movie better explains how the brain works. First they win in games. Then ...

Dude, are you drunk?

Aliantha · 01-28-2008, 10:11 PM

or maybe a bit stoned?

classicman · 01-28-2008, 10:21 PM

Uh, what movie?

xoxoxoBruce · 01-28-2008, 10:42 PM

Planet of the tws.

classicman · 01-28-2008, 10:46 PM

He has been very quiet as of late - hope all is well.

Shawnee123 · 01-29-2008, 09:35 AM

Orange you glad I didn't say banana?

01-27-2008, 09:27 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Home court advantage. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-27-2008, 09:29 PM	#4
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	As I read it, the contest was for a British show, and so the (Japanese) chimp was playing away. And still kicked the human's hairless ass. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-27-2008, 09:36 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Being a Brit show doesn't mean it was recorded there. Congrats to the chimp, but they were obviously playing a game it was familiar with, as in trained on. That's home court advantage. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-28-2008, 01:31 PM	#8
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	You guys are getting a little defensive about this huh? You aren't going to let the chimp get to you are you?!? It's a good time to fling poo! __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

01-28-2008, 10:11 PM	#11
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	or maybe a bit stoned? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-27-2008, 06:21 PM	#2
deadbeater Sir Post-A-Lot Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 439	Wow; the chimp must have trained very well for the game.

01-27-2008, 10:15 PM	#6
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	What some will do for bananas. How many bananas did the researchers get?

01-28-2008, 10:21 PM	#12
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Uh, what movie? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-28-2008, 10:42 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Planet of the tws. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-28-2008, 10:46 PM	#14
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	He has been very quiet as of late - hope all is well. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-29-2008, 09:35 AM	#15
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Orange you glad I didn't say banana? Attached Images

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