Computer records animal vision in Laboratory - UC Berkeley

[Timothy7388]

Hey StupidPud... someone needs to throw your sorry ass in a river,you ignorant, little dick bastard! Hope you eat shit and die,mother fucker!

[Vividcg]

Why have they not fed this cat acid and salvia yet. That would be the greatest piece of art ever created.

[computarman]

Cats cannot see very well and they recognize other animals and people by smell more than sight. I think their eyes are more for detecting motion and seeing well in the dark.

[tecnogof]

bullshit

[ady17283]

fucking people abusing animals and for what ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? cut the skull of a cat open is unhuman !!!!

[dkb827]

@ady17283 who said they cut t he skull of a cat open?

[Smiley01987]

So my cat doesn't recognize who i am :(

[SUPERSTUD6000]

back in my day, we just put 'em in a bag and threw 'em in the river.

we didn't need no fancy book learning to torture cats.

[8triagrammer]

@SUPERSTUD6000 fuck i hope you're joking..

[WirelessTortureDevi]

I posted a video response like I said I would. This is not a joke, it is very serious, and very terrible to have it done to you. I dont wish this on my worst enamy even.

[WirelessTortureDevi]

Here is an example of a device not even hard wired and able to see exactly what the cat sees in its brain. Now think of new digital wireless technology and how easy this would be to do to people, innocent people. I would guess it is a government with the technology that is being used to violate my civil and privacy rights. I know whoever it is doing this to me hates muslims with a passion, and i dont know if that truely makes asia a suspect. I am going to video respond this.

[HotnessTim]

nothing catlike

just retarded reporter looking to make a story where none exists

[LSDlucid]

People see with pareidolia, we have an inherent ability to recognize faces in ANYTHING. The reason people think they see faces in the dirt on mars or recognize a tree growth to look like a face, or even recognize those dark knots in wood as creepy faces like many people did when they were little. It isn't hard to believe that cats themselves have cat pareidolia as well.

[michallukasiewicz]

I think it´s fake,but well done.



[metalzface]

@michallukasiewicz 

[m0ose0909]

@michallukasiewicz What leads you to believe this is fake? There is clearly the technology in brain imaging and signal processing to achieve this. This isn't even fringe science.

[Gypsiii]

@michallukasiewicz No its not, even look it up on BBC news and so many more places!!

[stupidguyx]

That doesn't look like a cat.

[sniperquasi]

thats fucking scary :0

[Furohman]

It looks nothing like a cat. We only see it as looking like a cat because we've been told "Ooh it looks so cat-like!". It's how these cheap 'documentary' things work. For example something about ghosts. They find nothing so instead "Our recorder has captured what sounds like speaking" and then they play a low quality recording of some wind. Sounds like... wind. Until they cleverly stick subtitles saying something creepy over it. Suddenly its a ghost saying "Get out".

[Phoosh]

@Furohman Agreed. The world needs more skeptics like you, however, I still found this to be an incredible leap forward for science.

[StateQuoable]

WHY THE FUCK DOES IT HAVE TO ZOOM IN LIKE THAT MY NIGHTMARES ARE ETERNAL

[misspoledancecanada]

@StateQuoable LOL... I fuckin' felt the same way!! scared the shit outta me... i died laughing when i read your comment.

[sufferingminotaur]

not surprising. we are also known to seek human emotions in animal faces. try to draw a cat's face from memory for example. spoiler: cat's don't smile

[mastersham]

So at the end it proves cats see everyone as dogs? So how do they see dogs?

[walmartian]

this vid proves that to cats we look like cats, they see us with cat faces- thats good to know, and also the cat looks very happy

[quakeroat12345]

cracked



[VirtRampage]

poor kitty

[kossxtreeme]

I saw the d3v!l in 1.05 output ... !

[DavidAKZ]

@kossxtreeme I think you are projecting 

[KaosChrist]

poor cat but holy shit thats amazing

[torki55855]

مافهمت شي

[spellbinderart]

All jokes aside, that technology will eventually evolve into something serious and perhaps dangerous.

[Molandria]

@spellbinderart Carl Sagan brings up some interesting philosophical implications on the topic in his book, Broca's Brain.

[JayReedism]

@spellbinderart Or has it evolved already? Are we dreaming now?

[spellbinderart]

@JayReedism Agreed. we could be in the Matrix already and don't know it. For example, every time I am having trouble with something in life, a solution/blessing presents itself, but only after I attach Gods name to it. When I try and resolve the same issues on my own will power i fail. It's amazing. It's like when a rat is rewarded for doing what the scientist wants.

[meridian367]

@spellbinderart That is quite honestly the faultiest logic i've ever heard in my entire life. The fact that you can't solve your own issues without attaching God to it shows just how weak of a person you are.

[TravisSAdsitt]

I totally thought of robot chicken when I saw that cat. ROFL

[MarteeArtee]

Cracked.com was here

[LFactorSA]

@MarteeArtee we don't care.

[1nnocentDeviL]

thats amazing!

no doubt we humans can recognize human faces in cats - which is partly why so many think cats are cute :P

[Godscarmachine]

Poor cat.

[TheXand19]

Press 2 and 3 for the best parts of this vid :L

[whatsupbudbud]

@TheXand19, you're a moron! 

[TheXand19]

@whatsupbudbud Well I thought it was adorable :( The cat looked so bored lol.

[whatsupbudbud]

@TheXand19, Pretty twisted view of cuteness you have there.((

[Benrockn247]

I feel bad for the lab animals, but they are doing us a big favor. Anyone who claims it shouldn't be done to them can always volunteer in their stead. Thanks, bye.

[00cm]

A Clockwork Tuna Can.

[ninetailedhollow5]

what they don't show is that to attach the cat to the machine the scientist probably had to cut open its head....

[ObsidianJones]

did anyone have the sneaking suspicion that this was going to turn into a screamer at the last four seconds? it would have been a good place for one.

[scrfce123]

Something about this screams utter bullshit. If we could extract images from the mind, then we could also get them there... If this technology were real, we would have proper bionic eyes for the blind. Yet, we don't.

[Soneoak]

The cat is so cute

[TheVino3]

that face at the end is horrifying

[OkkioXavier]

Wow that's amazing

[ValhallaRockstar]

AHAHAHAHA 0:16

Clockwork Orange

[TehOwnerer999]

God the ending was disturbing

[haloweav]

In all seriousness though, that is the creepiest damn thing I have ever seen in my life. So do the cats see all people ass giant cats? If so no wonder they are afraid of us. Cause that image is fucked up.

[yatah]

@haloweav I don't think so. The most plausible answer is that their machine isn't fine-tuned enough to give us a cat's accurate vision.

I chuckled when the girl said the noise could perhaps be the cat's 'thoughts'

[Soneoak]

@yatah Go to medical school, then look at your comment, you'd be surprised at how much you didn't know that you thought you did.

[yatah]

@Soneoak How about you enlighten me instead of berating me with this condescending tone?

[Elementroar]

@haloweav Actually it explains why they cough up a big hairball right in front of you, sit down, stare up at you, and expect you to know what the goddamn hell that means!

[haloweav]

Did anyone else shit themselves when they saw the cat man on the screen?

[HikariBun]

Oh God, why do they zoom (and slowly too) into that cat-view image? It makes it look seriously creepy.

[AndrewMarron]

Shit I don't know if I should be excited they managed to do this.

Or be disgusted at the fact its animal testing...

Either way its amazing to see through a cats eyes!!!

[MrDaveythewavey19]

wait...we can record thoughts now? christ that's amazing

[Hellothereangel]

Wow, that cat looks bored.

[giantsnark]

@Hellothereangel The cat is likely sedated.

[kitsunenokiba]

No, just paralyzed with drugs.

[aswesee]

CRACKED

[pepomk123]

That cat doesn't give a fuck anymore.

[joru100]

stupid cat. this one is just retarded. i feel like that screen was enhanced to look like a cat or the resolution was too low. if everything looked like a cat to a cat i can't imagine how they could differ between so many species of animals without scent, sound, etc.

[Soneoak]

@joru100 If i'm not wrong, they have done this with humans and it appears the same way too, filled with 'noise'

This is just from memory, but I read the report that they perform some sort of PET scan on the brain and use the computer to caliberate the pattern to a few stock immages, and after a few hours of such caliberation, begin the testing with videos, etc. As you can guess, the pet scan can focus on the thalamic portion, but still has other brain tissue interference from the surroundings

[leeverguy]

Well, if cats ruled the earth, they'd do the same thing to us.

[everett1911]

itt: morons thinking they know science better than real scientists.

[cubs2084]

That machine really does look uncomfortable.

[Nymfipapukaija]

We are furries to cats?

[miyalana]

So, cats see us as really big cat like things and thats what ends up in their memory? I wonder what type of cat I look like to my cats.... Hmmm.....

[Extnoob]

What the hell was with that creepy zoom in at the end?

[redSG]

I don't get something... If the cat is looking at that screen, and we see what he sees on the other screen, where is the surrounding field of vision from the cat on the output screen? The cat doesn't just see that tiny screen and nothing else. There's the environment around it that should appear in his vision. Also, why show the cat this tiny shitty resolution video? You could just easily show him non-video images, like physical objects and people. I call pseudoscience.

[l4l01234]

@redSG interesting point

[SuperLiktor]

@redSG the thing is, the scientist only tapped to 177 cat brain cells, so that translated to a image size of 6.4 x6.4 degrees of sight. so your onli looking at a fraction of what he sees, a really small one. if we wanted to get the full field of vision they would have to tap into all of his brain cells, and they do that by hand... and there are millions of cells

[redSG]

@SuperLiktor

That doesn't even make sense. They somehow managed to tap into just the right cells to create an image exactly the same size as the source screen? Also, 177/300,000,000 is 0.000039% of the cat's total brain, yet the image shown is not 0.000039% of the total field of vision.

[paulalex19]

@redSG Not all neurons are dedicated to sight. Some of them might also process image clarity for the existing FOV, and the image on the source screen was probably not the same size, they just edited it down for us to make side by side comparisons.

[redSG]

@paulalex19

I know not all neurons are dedicated to sight. You have different parts of the brain dedicated to many different tasks. That's why your first comment is false. They wouldn't need to tap into all 300M+ cells. I just find this "experiment" hard to swallow. It screams "hoax" to me, because they could have easily created that source video, and the fake output video with the resolution turned down even more. Why did they not show a real time demonstration with physical objects?

[SuperLiktor]

@redSG because they did do a demostration with physical objects. this is just a short video on youtube, look up the info on this thing, this footage is from 1999 by the way.

[redSG]

@SuperLiktor

Ok.

[Soneoak]

@redSG Itt, morons thinking they know science better than real scientists.

You can similarly use your own flawed arguments to say that sending the live video recording through a distortion program (think L4D video grain setting) could turn up similar stuff on the monitor. This experiment is simple, very simple.

Computers can be programmed to auto caliberate quickly. They pick up info (of pet image of brain), caliberate to stock image, generate a formula, do it over and over, and then apply.

[redSG]

@paulalex19

I'm sorry, you're not even the same person lol. My bad.

[SuperLiktor]

@redSG dude, only the cerebelum handles images from the eyes! there are far less than 300 million neurons there. plus we know exactly where and how we process images, cats are easier. i would post the news report but youtube doesnt allow me, its a report from the bbc

[redSG]

@SuperLiktor

Was the report peer reviewed and published in a medical journal?

[lennonjon]

@SuperLiktor

No, the cerebellum does not handle images from the eyes. The primary function of the cerebellum is in relation to body movement and balance. The information from the retina (back of the eye) travels via the optic nerve first to the thalamus. The thalamus then sends the information to the occipital lobe (as well as other areas). These researchers are tapping the information from the thalamus.

[xXRBOTXx]

The ending is so creepy!

[The1337BBQ]

Creepy dog-like human

[GAKackles]

Is it just me, or did the face taped from the cat's brain actually look a bit like a cat face on a human body?

[rambadibow]

That's exactly what the video said. Like, right as they show the face.

[stereomaxout]

That Asian lady is HOT!

BTW Cracked Rules!!

[viiralvx]

Cracked.

[aRiskyRussian]

Awwww that poor kitty just looks so sad.

[Mayokitty7]

Was the NSPCA involved? This looks unethical as hell.

[Exarian]

@Mayokitty7 didn't look painful or damaging or anything. they just had the cat held steady. Sure the cat may not have liked it but a visit to the vet is more harsh than that.

[Mayokitty7]

@Exarian Read the comments. The wires were in tha cats' skull and they probably killed it afterwards.

[willbaboon]

@Exarian And how do you think they gained the information from the cat brain.. you do understand they would have to drill the wires into the cats brain don't you

I'm not against this type of research... just think you should know what happens

[Soneoak]

@Mayokitty7 If the NSPCA classify dog training involving withholding treats from the dog as cruel, then lmao.

Considering the purpose of this research to advance medical science for important uses like bionic eye implants, potential uses in criminal identification, neuro surgical treatments for stroke induced blindness, other brain surgery (its not limited to images; sound, smell, taste, stress feed back, etc) MORE than justifies this over cow farms, milk, deforestation, etc treehuggie bullshit

[635574]

oh shit, House wasn't scifi.

[Manial12]

That poor cat. I like how they disguised the wires going into it's brain so as to not horrify everyone.

[Soneoak]

@Manial12 The cat's brain/skull/skin/fur is INTACT, gosh. If they were going for a gut and dump, they would use a model animal like a guinea pig or lab rat.

[Rattrais]

Did anyone else find the part where the slowly panned the camera toward the creepy... black eyed man-cat face slightly.... terrifying? Or a whole lot terrifying?

[readordiefanatic]

@Rattrais it freaks me the fuck out, just the whole idea of seeing a human through an animal's eyes freaks me the fuck out

[Onsube]

@Rattrais "The face is recognizable, but I still can't avoid the impression that the face has something cat-like."

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[TheAstralSerpent]

@Rattrais To be honest, I shat brix.

[UHeinrich]

how is this possible? how can electrical signals of brain measurements be translated into an optical image of what the cat suposedly sees? - have i missed a revolution in neurosience or what?

[sattanhellsing]

@UHeinrich The electrical signals that she is catching are from the Optical nerve only ... not the brain. She is good but do not understand what she found . we are now 2 years later. And no news about this amazing found... so I call it BS . Some laboratory release BS video like this to get more donation or funds.

[deviantcreep]

wooooah far out!

[Grafthos]

There are wires plugged into that cat's head and it will probably be destroyed after the research or when infection finally interrupts the testing and enters it's brain.

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One of the details on another page says the cats random eye movement was minimized with MECHANICAL STABILIZATION through the skull.

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So the truth is this cat was probably destroyed directly after the testing.

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I can't get over it. Can't we find another way?

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That's the sad truth

[warfwar3]

@Grafthos

I will never be able to accept the way animals are treated by science. Sure, it might be justified at times to use them, but at least treat them with some dignity.

But perhaps one day this kind of research will allow us to feel and experience what animals do, and then we will no longer be able to justify doing the things we do to them when we know exactly what they are suffering.

[goqwertygo]

lab cat not amused!

[romanianskill]

so cats see people as evil ghost monsters?

how the fuck can u tap an image from the brain by putting cables attached to a lump of metal on top of your head? who the fuck would believe this? you can't use this to see what an animal is viewing...

[romanianskill]

@romanianskill just read a few articles and it appears i may be mistaken... could you use this device to record thalamus activity during sleep? to view or record dreams???

[warfwar3]

@romanianskill

that would be awesome. What if you could one day create entire movies with amzing special effects just by imagining it. 

[kjfcijsidjisjbiojsoi]

That cat was pissed!

[gyptianballer]

i'm sick of hearing all these thoughts on how this is 'mind reading' ...first this was recorded from the visual cortex, which doesen't store any visual memory but simply processes what you're seeing at that MOMENT, and even that is debatable. You would have to go to the hippocampus and other regions to get fully encoded memories. and yes, I am a neuroscientist.

[novazee]

amazing

[monkeymirror]

whatever. We will never know what they see because we have no idea how it's interpreted. What if animals can see in perfect colours like we do. If we were to switch brains they would probably see in black and white and we would see in colour. It's all based on how the brain interprets signals, not what tools we think do what in the eye, RE: cones and rods.

[warfwar3]

@monkeymirror

hmm good point. After all, isn't this like circular reasoning? We know what they should be seeing, so we write a program that creates a picture that matches our interpretation using the cat's brain activity..

[UnchainedRhapsody]

Am I a bad person for laughing at the cat in the machine watching TV?

[djjoshb]

that was hilerious

[kvn8907]

@UnchainedRhapsody I read your comment, and I STILL wasn't prepared for the lulz!

[kglibow]

I was hoping it will not be possible.

Stories about NSA reading ppl thoughts remotely could be true then.

[jagusiak]

I still dont belive it...

[Adammythbusterspl]

holy cow 0o

[spooky1383]

output was scary. now i know why my grandmother's cat is afraid of me.

[povder]

epic

[YTomasz]

Brave New World

[cripplesmasher]

Wow that is incredible. We humanize everything, so they must relate everything back to cats as well, it seems obvious now.