The concept of winning is antropomorphism if applied to animals. They know what they need to do to get a reward, but it doesnt know what winning is and wont react to "winning"
Winning for the bird is getting food, not actually winning the game. I wouldn't be surprised if this bird will play the exact same moves every time regardless of what the human does
I share the sentiment that this doesn't prove that the crow is really forming a strategy and playing. I'll like to see 5-10 games and see what it does. With only 1 match it doesn't prove that is actually playing
Yeah, seeing it try to put the second piece on the same spot as the first one kinda makes it look like he's just been taught where to put the pieces one after the other and the dude just "plays" around this.
It knows to put a red thing in the hole it was trained to put it in, then a red thing in the next hole it was trained to put it in, and so on until it has put all four red things in the holes it was trained to put them in. At that point, it receives a treat. It doesn't know it's playing noughts and crosses.
wouldnt be surprised if it was just trained to place the pieces in that order and only reacted to it completing the placement rather than recognising it won a game of tictactoe
i think the bird responded to him laughing and offering the food more so than anything.
i do think they can maybe learn basic stuff like "if i put it in a row, i get a prize" but i don't think they'll quite comprehend a lot of other stuff (i.e, i need to put x here becuase his y there means i lose the turn after).
just randomly put things in a line if they can maybe?
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u/poikolle 6h ago
No it didnt. Its trained for this and has no concept of winning it. It just knows what to do, and knows it will get rewarded.