Comment on vines of the animal kingdom

Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• sinceasdf@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This piqued my curiosity so I dug into it a bit on Wikipedia. Most worms are dumb as fuck, roundworms are about as dumb as they come with total neuron counts for a roundworm being comparable to a microscopic tartigrade (300 vs 200). Most of this is located in the head of the worm in a brain like structure though, so I’m betting the clones develop their brains independently with no information transfer. I doubt there’s a ton of learning/memory forming going on at all though, based on how simple worms are, so it’s probably functionally identical. I would be surprised if most worm species exhibit any kind of learned behaviors ever.

  …wikipedia.org/…/List_of_animals_by_number_of_neu…

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  • dragonfucker@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Techbros will still claim that generative AI possesses less intelligence than the worms as an excuse to keep enslaving them.

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    • Bezier@suppo.fi ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The AI that tech bros sell is not alive and does not have “intelligence.”

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      • dragonfucker@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Does it have more than a worm with only 300 neurons in its brain, or are you one of those crazy religious people who thinks meat is the only thing in the universe that can think because it’s magic or something?

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    • Asidonhopo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I can see why Techbros would want such gorgeous invertebrates as pets but as long as they have enough enrichment in their enclosure but I would hardly call keeping these primitive worms slavery. Any kind of exotic pet always raises questions of ethicality so I understand why you’d be concerned. Do you personally know some people in the tech industry that keep these? How big a terrarium do they need and what kinds of plants and substrate do they prefer?

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  • BigBrainBrett2517@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Excellent comment.

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• DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Jesus christ, man, the implications! Fucking bobverse shit right there.

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• muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I would imagine only the original retains memories

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