This is wonderfully cute.
I think the real money in brain implants is putting them in animals to make them do things like this.
I think the real money in brain implants is putting them in animals to make them do things like this.
Explanations like "it thinks it's building a nest" (mentioned in related [1]) on the one hand or "play" on the other (my own) do seem very unsatisfying. Do they really not realize there is no resultant nest, and have they been observed using it as a nest subsequently?
If the price comes down enough you’d mostly see it in animal husbandry, large livestock, and breeding exotic large pets like pandas.