Chimp Ayumu touching numbers 1-9 smart!

[CohenAviran]

thinking and moving like human . touching the screen too !

Wow.

[flashhart2000]

He's learnt 1-9, But with the skill you have to ask what about zero?

Maybe the chimp could get better results with Roman numerals as there is no zero!

[spasibomusic]

geezus!

[Cyrus150]

You can try this test of his at games.lumosity.com, it's actually not AS hard as it looks. I didn't get every round right but I definitely got some right. So that makes me believe that if we practiced this game day in and day out like this chimp then we too would also be quite skilled at it, and probably moreso than a chimp.

[djigit1982]

Don't give him ALZ-112!!!

[MegaSkald]

Barack Obama in childhood

[heeh2]

he probably just sees one big shape every time the numbers come up.

[csakegyvid]

im curious what would happen if you would take a 7 years old kid and make him practice this game 3 hours a day for a half year. My guess is he would be quite good as well.

[JustBetter10]

@csakegyvid that's not even the point...the fact is is that he can keep the image after a split second of showing the numbers and tap the numbers in order 1-9 by remembering where they are.

[p587868]

Noo! Caesar is home

[ioptional]

WTF, it's clever than me!

[inputverifier]

I've heard that our ability of language sort of "takes up space" in our brain power... dunno if it's true or not.

[inputverifier]

@inputverifier I should be careful with that claim, because sign language is not beyond the great apes. However spoken language is.

[zbiowa]

@inputverifier spoken language has to do with them not having proper diaphragm control. It has nothing to do with intelligence.

[inputverifier]

@zbiowa Spoken vs say, sign.. not that much different, no.  In fact, I have since learned that some apes (chimps I believe) have been taught to somewhat SPEAK (rare).... Language itself however, oh yes, it has a lot to do with intelligence, but I'm thinking you just meant, nothing to do with intelligence as to why they cannot speak, but can sign. I'd probably agree.

[Skaijo]

GOD DAMMIT.

[elpuertorican1]

chimp talks

[TheTurboBest]

@roboticaamericana it's called iluminosity ayumu memory test

[TheTurboBest]

Actually this is very easy to do. For I have been blessed with photographic memory Iluminosity hosts the flash game try it. I beat the monkey at first try. Max points is 10. I can do this game with up to 8 digits, but if I'm really high on caffeine I can do up to 9.

The trick is to close your eyes immediately and keep them closed then form a patern with your hand then drav the pattern on screen. Anybody can do it 's really easy if you have photo memory good enough to last a few seconds.

[ivanaviNiebla]

Holy chimps Batman!

[rodrigocarfer]

fake ? ... If this is real (and it looks very real), I'm sure that this chimp took at least years to learn that !

[TheTurboBest]

@rodrigocarfer Nope you can do it too you just dont have the brains to figure it out. So let me figure it out for you. Press the circle and immediately during the numbers close your eyes. There you goo now you have a print screen in your mind now use the print screen to draw a pattern with your hand from the lowest digit to the highest. Now open you eyes and draw that pattern on screen by clicking the numbers. Voila, another mistery solved.

[TheSwdishAtheist]

@rodrigocarfer Ive read that memory wise chimps has a short term memory that surpasses humans in lightyears:P but our long term memory surpasses the chimps thats just the chimps evolutinary line and we got ours pretty cool:) I might be wrong tho but I dont think this is fake:)

[BanThisChannel]

feed me a bunch of fruit and nuts and let me do nothing but play that game for a few years. then we'll see who's the chump, chimp!

[J0EH3AD]

How does he do that? I can barely see the numbers flash... I am more stupid than chipm. Why God, why?

[TheTurboBest]

@J0EH3AD Actually it's pretty simple. You can test yourself online Iluminosity ayuma test. Google it. If you can't do it then you are stupid. And if you need the solution read some of my comments and you will be smarter than chimps.

[nehorlavazapalka]

we are trained to treat numbers as words. 1 = "one", this dramatically lowers our reading speed

however, he's trained to see the numbers as shapes.. and I'm sure it took weeks to train him like that

[psidawg]

man, that's so cute and smart :)

[12389Law]

S/he started touching the screen before I could even look at each number let alone remember them in order.

[J0EH3AD]

@12389Law Yes, agree. I am baffled, amazed.

[TheScurvyNinja]

Omg so smart!!!1!one

yeah, no. Just good memory. Show me a chimp doing integrated calculus.

[Gchord86]

@TheScurvyNinja lol at least she knows how to count.. but cmon "integrated calculus"?

[Jensecret09]

omg ! smarter than me

[juanssal]

saw it in the best stoner website ever: pi2k.net

[mellowmark1]

Well it's official. I am dumber than a chimp.

[J0EH3AD]

@mellowmark1 I am dumber than chimp, and it´s shame because I have M.D. from Charles University.

[linkuei83]

@mellowmark1 yeah... me too. think it's time i go cry in a corner.

[cachoritoful]

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[Rodrigues817]

What!!!!???????

[nasdin94]

It didnt even take him a second to memorize that, more like a blink of an eye, and he memorized the pattern with no effort at all!

[stoker48]

wow

[ThermalHD]

Something tells me this is all just a scam to fool us in beliving this.

If you look at him doing this, you can clearly see many times he dont even watch the numbers and still do it right. I smell cheat. Probably so they get more funding.

[miles2057]

100% wow!!!!!

I enjoyed that.

[RedLifeBenfica]

its not better visual memory what they have, its called photografic memory, their memory can be based in frames and they remember everything in each frame, ours is a continuing process... hard to explain, but its too easy for chimps. well done.

[MrSpecOps]

@RedLifeBenfica Our memory recall is based on a form of compression-restoration, where we 'bring up' a framework of important/relevant information relating to a scene, and an algorithm runs that fills in the conceptualization. Our evolution has traded speed over accuracy.

[cupcakita]

@RedLifeBenfica hahahahahaha niicceee

[ArandurKing909]

It's... A left D:

[enochalvarado]

This is what I think: Human brains divide itself in many different tasks. Ussualy, when one is overdeveloped another one is defficient. Chimps's brain focus on very few tasks, the most needed for them, so they are overdeveloped.

Sorry for my English.

[Colunga210]

Photographic Memory.

[whenisneveragain]

i dont think its fake, but i just realized that if you just stare at the whole screen while the numbers come up, instead of look at each number and remember them, when that black background around each white number all of a sudden turns white, then the inverse of the white numbers turn black.. kind of like on the back of old apple jacks boxes. i bet the people who came up with this experiment were well aware of this.

[SousukePanic]

@whenisneveragain wow! nice man didnt notice that! i was just thinking how monkeys probably think faster

[DONLINDEMAN]

Notice that he sees the numbers for a second then hits them right. Don't think I can do that!

[Aetila]

This is insane; I can only see 3-4 numbers...it's too fast for me...inhuman sharpness here! :-)

[itcanbecheezcaketime]

I wonder how long they can hold it. I mean, if it flashed the numbers and then the screen went blank for 10 seconds or 20 or 30 or whatever, could they still remember what order the numbers are in?

[drewmancini2]

fake!!!!! its obvii not real guys wow

[2buriedalive2]

This is definitely not a fake idiot.

I'm studying psychology and this video was part of a lecture about memory.

[ShaolinSKunk]

drewmancini2 is a fake!!!!! He's obvii not real guys wow.

(BTW you're a retard)

[lerp5555]

takes some real maturity to argue over a monkey video

[laptopo11]

Seskie=Idiot.

[thisoldhate]

I would also like to just clarify that I still think this is awesome. Although humans are a pretty amazing species I don't think that by any stretch should imply that no other animals deserve attention. There is alot we can learn from other animals if we just pay attention.

[thisoldhate]

This is in no way demonstrates intellect. Chimps don't have the ability to talk which allows alot more brain capacity to be allowed for visual recall, chimps pretty much have photographic recall because of this fact. This does not mean this chimp is smarter than a human, just has better recall. It's kind of like when a person loses one sense like sight or hearing and the other senses pick up the slack.

[meerkat1954]

And people such as hunters say animals are dumb. Fools.

[seskie]

Humans are the dumb ones. How we've managed to survive this far is nothing short of a misguided mystery.

[amoignis1987]

Actually, no, it isn't that much of a mystery. Comparing a chimp memorizing a sequence to the intelligence of a human makes no sense at all. I'm not saying they are dumb. This video obviously proves a certain level of intelligence. However, you don't see chimps figuring out the complex laws of the universe, or developing technology to lift them from the planet. Humans ARE more intelligent.

[alanesi]

I totally agree with you,,,, Thaaanks :)

[seskie]

The only reason we are intelligent is because we we have out-populated all living species on this planet. If we were in numbers no more than 30k compared to the 6 Billion that we are now, we would not be as intelligent. But I do agree with you that we ARE intelligent BUT only because we are great in numbers.

[Zantaer]

You have it the wrong way around. The reason there are so many humans is because we are very intelligent compared to other species. We can figure out quite easily through our intellect how to survive.

[seskie]

I think that our opposable thumbs gave us such an edge in evolution that we over evolved, so it's not so much that humans are smart but more aware of our surroundings. This is of course in natural life. Not the fact that we've sidetracked from natures pure intentions for us to simply just replicate and survive. Now we have distractions like entertainment, work, school, society, acting, singing, etc. I still believe humans are stupid because we are hurting ourselves the more we progress.

[amoignis1987]

"I still believe humans are stupid because we are hurting ourselves the more we progress." - Considering we live twice as long as a normal mammal our size (based on heartbeats), have gained the power to shape our atmosphere, and spread to nearly every land mass on this planet, I'd say progress is actually helping us. Also, let's not forget that...well...a human made the program that the chimp is playing with.

[seskie]

Yes, we have come pretty far but yet we're easily manipulated by other humans and manage to kill one another for stupid reasons. There is 6 billion of us and we still haven't figured out how to peacefully live amongst one another. In conclusion, as smart as we are to have pioneered all the things in existence today, we're still pretty stupid for killing and manipulating one another whether it's over religion, money, etc.

[amoignis1987]

"...we're easily manipulated by other humans..." - And this doesn't happen with other species? What about wolves and their hierarchical pack mentality? What about bees and ants being controlled by a "hive mind"? What about flocking and schooling behaviors?

"...manage to kill one another for stupid reasons." - Again, this happens in the wild. Territorial struggle, fighting over resources, etc. If that makes us stupid, that makes other species stupid as well.

[seskie]

Just religion by itself shows how stupid humans are.

[amoignis1987]

I will admit that blind faith is stupid. However, this does not prove your point. Humans are superior, regardless of your personal beliefs. It is why we have ascended to this level.

[seskie]

Ascended to what level? The level which made one of the most inspiring and genius minds in the world to say the following?

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." -Einstein

[amoignis1987]

Appeal to authority. Logical fallacy.  I'm not even going to bother with all the ways you using this quote is wrong, as I cannot fit it in the 500 character limit.

[seskie]

There's nothing to talk about brother, regardless of how smart humans are, we're stupid enough to make computers that are smarter than us so we kind of break even. =)

[amoignis1987]

Two issues with your statement:

1. We haven't (yet) created computers that are smarter than us.

2. When we do, it will show just how smart we actually are, creating something that is capable of becoming smarter than us. Now imagine uniting with it, and putting the combined intelligence to work? Yeah...really stupid idea, huh?

[seskie]

Actually buddy, we have created computers that have far exceeded our computing abilities and the fact that we're working on these computers to make them even smarter than us just goes to show that humans are pretty stupid.

By the way, I'm done arguing with you here because you have a whole different perspective than me and I could go on and on with this subject for as long as I want. So might as well just save ourselves some time and end it here. Thanks! =P

[brahim121985]

@seskie the computer is not smart , he's just fast thinking . smatrness has nothing to do with speed thinking

[ThornsOfSerenity]

Get him round my House, he can defeat Blockhead Grande in Okami for me.

[splur]

lol... i'd fail miserably at this test... given the amount of time that chimp saw the numbers.

[rahidelvi]

@splur I was thinking the same thing. I doubt I could pull off the task.

[xxxaius]

RAIN CHIMP !

[ikarugazelda4]

keep in mind that it didn't figure out this test on the spot...it learns it over and over and over again until it's conditioned to complete the test perfectly.

[grifonegro]

This is soo wrong... fucking Darwin!!!

[identityz3ro]

Someone give that chimp some launch codes, I want to see some Planet of the Apes action.

[scaccomanfw93]

O.O

[iwao72]

They can also tear your ass off in a milli second

[kinosion]

CHIMP : 1

HUMAN : 0

[volumedshygurl]

its not that all people think theyre smarter-its just more like awe in amazement something you dont see everyday....

[Rendalina]

Chimps have dramatically better visual memory than humans. It helps them in orientation in jungles.

[carameloxx]

@Rendalina ONLY IF THEY WERE SMARTED I BET THEY WOULD ACTUALY BE USED AOT BY PEOPLE

[TheKingSaad1990]

lol

[aldofulvio]

o_O' impressionant!

[luiohh]

what a showoff

[sogetthisyoutub]

The chimp was trained to do this from birth, the one skill it knows. The test data showed a dramatic decrease in speed as he got older.

Less amazing when you have the facts. If you want to try to draw a conclusion of chimp vs. human intelligence, remember that humans can do more than just punch numbers on the screen, where this is the only task the chimp can complete. Record the same chimp a year later and it wouldn't be worth watching.

[hippocampuszosterae]

Actually, chimps (and even the slightly less intelligent orangutans) have overcome puzzles that children as old as 10 or 11 have not been able to work out.

So just in case you were doubting ape intelligence (other than humans of course)...

[dharmathai]

Absolutely! i can only manage to see maximum 3 numbers in front of me.. amazing what a chimp can do for a banana huh?

[code933k]

If a human were doing this he or she would be considered a genius by someone. Nevertheless, it is easier doing this mechanical activities if you haven't something important to think of. Anyways, good video and amazing chimp.

[JuliusLjungberg]

Pfffffffft... I can roll my tongue...

[stycks32]

i could only get to like 3 if im lucky.

[crazyalaskan22]

i think the chimp is cheating

:O!!!

[xppurexp]

stop showing off, just because i can't complete that game

[AtomicFuse1]

omg

[yamilink03]

why do people confuse intelligence with photographic memory. photographic memory is just what it is. memory. your memory isnt what makes you sapient. my uncle whos as dumb as can be and cant read for shit has an average memory. so does that make him of average intelligence? no it doesnt cus someone with average intelligence can read lol. i was tryin to keep up with the numbers on the video but i couldnt remember the order they were. i have a horrible memory

[ofaaron]

There is still a certain amount of logic to this. Representing the icons and the order they need to be pressed in. The speed you are able to do this accounts for something as well.

Memory alone is not logic though, you are correct.

[yamilink03]

i see what you mean though. but im pretty sure the chimp isnt using logic any more than memory.

[lazyass86]

wow

[wilemutt]

So, why isn't he/she running for president?

[TomaNistor]

Because knowing how to count doesn't get you the presidency. It's either the lack of this type of knowledge, or if you were a 'Nam POW.

[Twiforce]

@wilemutt Because the current president already looks like a chimp.

[cupcakita]

@wilemutt that was a dumb response. visual short term memory has nothing to do with presidency nor intelligence. they're brains are 1/3 smaller than ours. take psychology and learn a little

[bruz90]

@cupcakita I would vote for him...

[Franco187]

@cupcakita He was obviously just joking. Very funny how you took him seriously and started lecturing him and tell him to educate himself.

[fddf44]

@cupcakita A bigger brain doesn't mean you are smarter. It's the size of grey matter within the brain that matters. Proof of this is that elephants have the biggest brains of all the mammals, Neanderthals had bigger brains than the modern human and were not smarter than us.

[ToaoRaj]

@fddf44 Brain size relative to body size is indicative of an animal's intelligence. The encephalization quotient is actually the best means available for ascertaining a given animal's intelligence. It's no coincidence that apes and cetaceans have the highest brain-to-body-ratio as well as the highest intelligence in the animal kingdom. So, intelligence has little to do with gray matter or purely brain size alone and everything to do with the proportion of one's brain in relation to their body.

[fddf44]

@ToaoRaj I understand the encephalization quotient( e = cs^2), but know for sure that proportion of ones brain in relation to their body is for sure not the only way to base intelligence. Einstein for example had a brain that weighed around 1230 grams while the average human brain weighs around 1500 grams. He did have wider parietal lobes. The study of neuroscience and neuroplasticity is evolving and more research on to this is showing that our knowledge of how intelligence works is changing.

[ToaoRaj]

@fddf44 Obviously, it isn't the only method to quantify intelligence, but short of rigorous testing, it is the most reliable; which was my contention.

Einstein may have very well had a brain below average weight. However, that only makes him an exception to the rule. He was very intelligent, but from my understanding, he also possessed a myriad of brain developmental problems, which would explain his under-averaged size brain.

'How intelligence works' is irrelevant to this discussion.

[fddf44]

@ToaoRaj Also to your statement of Einsteins development problems, there is really no real proof of his learning disability...

[ToaoRaj]

@fddf44 IIRC, Einstein didn't utter his first words until he was 4 years old. If this is the case, he, without a doubt, had some sort of developmental problems.

[fddf44]

@ToaoRaj Like I said, there is no evidence of him speaking late and is just a myth. Provide a well documented source of this if you still believe this to be true. If you know a source that the science community doesn't know then we should document it quickly!

[ToaoRaj]

@fddf44 If it's a myth, then it's a myth. I'm not purporting it to be true; hence my saying "'If this is the case". However, read my other comment. Einstein having a brain below average weight and a high intelligence doesn't nullify the fact the very strong correlation between relative brain size and intelligence. What species of animal proves incongruous with the apparent accuracy of quantifying intelligence via brain-to-body-ratio? There must be a plethora of examples if it's false.

[fddf44]

@ToaoRaj I understand that you speak of correlations between different species and you have made that clear after I first made the comment on Einsteins brain size, but now I'm saying that the brain-to-body ratio is not accurate in deciding the intelligence between animals of the same species. I don't know if you understand that because you state that Einsteins brain size was not an anomaly. People don't just go around weighing the brain size of intelligent/stupid people and compare them.

[ToaoRaj]

@fddf44 Whether that's true or false, it's irrelevant as I'm not talking about animals within the same species. However, if that was your contention all along, then I agree with you that relative brain size isn't indicative of intelligence. Not because it has been proven inaccurate, but because there aren't enough examples to infer any correlation from because, as you, people don't "just go around weighing the brain size of intelligent/stupid people and compare them".

[fddf44]

@ToaoRaj I guess lack of evidence is what we have, so there's nothing else to discuss.

[fddf44]

@ToaoRaj The reason Einsteins brain was even researched so vigorously was the fact that he was a genius. Scientists had a hypothesis that his brain was probably huge because past research on the brain-to-body ratio theory , they were incredibly surprised. There is still yet to be any further studys to even call Einsteins case an "anomaly".

[ToaoRaj]

@fddf44 Also, it's important to note that I'm talking about species of animals; not individual cases amid every species, so your Einstein example is moot.

[fddf44]

@ToaoRaj Sorry, I just assumed when you said "animal's intelligence " (humans being animals) and stated "intelligence has little to do with gray matter or purely brain size alone and everything to do with the proportion of one's brain in relation to their body" you were talking about all species. I should be more on reading through these comments.

[ToaoRaj]

@fddf44 I am talking about all species; I am not, however, talking about every individual creature within every species. There are anomalies that go against every rule, so there is no use naming aforesaid anomalies (as Einstein) as they don't disprove the fact that, 99% of the time, the brain-to-body-ratio of a given animal is indicative to that animals intelligence. One deviation from that rule amid 1000 more congruous cases doesn't prove anything except that anomalies do occur.

[jalmjalm]

Because there was already a president like him in the U.S., he, he, he...



[IItrubladeII]

WoW look at that chimp go...nice1

[zyzfr1]

amazing