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Neha@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world ·
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I taught rats to drive a car, and it may help us lead happier lives

www.bbc.com

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I taught rats to drive a car, and it may help us lead happier lives

www.bbc.com

Neha@sh.itjust.works to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world ·
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Teaching rats to drive a tiny car around a laboratory taught scientists a lot about the benefits of anticipating the joy brought by the things we love.
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    … akin to a rodent version of Tesla’s Cybertruck.

    Poorly designed, unreliable, and overpriced?

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      Glued together and spontaneously combusting?

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        surveillance vehicle that uses your power to pay for their AI training?

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    OPs account was created about an hour ago.

    So far, their posting pattern is a match for another one of those self deleting spam accounts that keep popping up on this community.

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      Well, I’m definitely not doing that

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        👍

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    Reminds me of https://ratoperatedvehicle.com/ ;-)

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    I would lead a happier life if I had a slave workforce of rats driving around fetching things for me.

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    That is a really interesting article. Thanks for posting.

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    If it’s cheaper and smells at least No worse than my average Uber experience, I’m game, sign me up.

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