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You Think; You're So Smart

Presenter: Seth Shostak, SETI Institute
When: March 17, 2014 6AM PDT

Sure you have a big brain; it’s the hallmark of Homo sapiens. But that doesn’t mean that you’ve cornered the market on intelligence. Admittedly, it’s difficult to say, since the very definition of the term is elusive. Depending on what we mean by intelligence, a certain aquatic mammal is not as smart as we thought (hint: rhymes with “caulpin”) … and your rhododendron may be a photosynthesizing Einstein.

And what I.Q. means for A.I. We may be building our brilliant successors.
Guests:

Laurance Doyle – Senior researcher, SETI Institute
Justin Gregg – Animal behaviorist, The Dolphin Communication Project, author of Are Dolphins Really Smart?: The mammal behind the myth
Michael Pollan – Journalist, author of Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation and The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. His article, “The Intelligent Plant,” appeared in the December 23rd issue of The New Yorker
Luke Muehlhauser – Executive Director of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute

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This episode was tagged with: computers intelligence A.I. biology SETI evolution neurobiology

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