“Collaborative hunting in artificial agents with deep reinforcement learning” by Tsutsui et al. 2024.
“using computational multi-agent simulations based on deep reinforcement learning, we demonstrate that decisions underlying collaborative hunts do not necessarily rely on sophisticated cognitive processes.”
“This has implications for a reassessment, and perhaps a widening, of what groups of animals are believed to manifest cooperative hunting.”
Thought I‘d try something: this book by Juerrero has come up a lot in some of the most interesting conversations I‘ve had on this platform about #causality, #complexity#neuroscience#agency#behaviour#mind and #brain and #dynamical systems but it‘s not an easy read. I am now determined to tackle it and will be posting updates as I go…
@UlrikeHahn sounds a little like Incomplete Nature by Deacon - causality via constraints. Regardless, thanks for the recommendation, I'll give it a try.
Fundamentals of Brain and Behavior An Introduction to Human Neuroscience by William J. Ray
Fundamentals of Brain and Behavior provides an accessible introduction to the study of human neuroscience.The book has been carefully designed to accompany a typical entry-level course, covering core topics including the function and structure of the nervous system, basic human motivations, stress and health, and cognitive functioning.
I always do small experiments on social networks, since I like to observe human behavior in different contexts. One of those experiments is to publish an opinion or reflection on X/Twitter, Mastodon, Instagram, etc. Only at Mastodon is interesting feedback generated. In other networks it happens that there is no interest in something serious or aggressive reactions are generated. Interesting to think about why it happens.
My #grandparents worked on the #buses in the days when the #drivers cab wasn't accessible from the the rest of the #bus. They'd be shocked to know how dangerous working in #publictransport has become.
@thepoliticalcat
I am the same as you, but many people are very social and become depressed when they are alone. They associate being alone with loneliness. Perhaps they don't feel comfortable with their inner thoughts? I am not sure why...?
@Snowshadow@thepoliticalcat I appreciate the sentiment and I myself am quite comfortable in my own company but ultimately the truism about no one being an island holds up, other people are unavoidable, their actions are unpredictable. Theres a reason workers form unions and those sorts of safety oriented organizations arent based entirely on friendship and camraderie but friendship and camraderie do a lot of heavy lifting for our respective safeties.
But for me lonliness isnt about being alone. Lonliness is the dread I feel when I am surrounded by people who dont understand me.
But, counterpoint, have you ever known the ecstacy of being around someone who understands you. My dog understands me and thats enough but the sensation is very pleasant.
Another #photography highlight from 2023, watching this #bluetit vigorously defend his territory from his own reflection in the windows and mirrors of a car.
Ironically, Mastodon, which boasts of being free and caring for freedom, often ends up being fundamentalist. Herd thinking is inevitable when thousands of people identify with some. It seems that if non-free or centralized networks are on one political side, then Mastodon automatically has to be on the other side.
The biggest problem is not the algorithm or the advertising, it is not the surveillance. The problem is that we are the same ones who go from one network to another carrying and migrating our data and with them our biases.
I see people trying to make this place a kind of refuge from the burning world, but they bring the fire in their backpack when they come.
The main reason I joined was to follow programming and hacking people and topics, but then I met autistic people and people who are almost philosophers.
It's inevitable, we are like that. But it would be interesting to remember that the restrictions, aggressiveness and turbulence that keep us away from other platforms must be left there.
Maybe no one cares, but I still wanted to say it.
This article brings back a memory. Years go I was at a farm BBQ where I saw another guest's two 5-7 year kids were completely out of control. They were dangerously climbing things, running around with tools, grabbing food, chasing the chickens, etc. I gently suggested to the mom that they needed boundaries with some guidance, and that it was ok to say no -- or they might get into trouble in later years. She responded with they were going with a style of parenting where the #kids would learn on their own -- and I didn't understand because I don't have kids. Fast forward 10-12 years, I run into the mom again. She came up to me and said "I wish I had listened to you". At that point, one kid had dropped out of school and got a girl pregnant, the other was in trouble with the law. They were used to making their own rules but hadn't been guided through what makes good rules. Boundaries don't have to be extreme, but kids do need consistent rules and guidance. And have those heart-to-heart talks. If the kids constantly walk all over you, that's not healthy.
Scientists and the general public have long dismissed the cognitive abilities of cows, pigs, and other livestock. But farm animals are capable of much more than we think.