Unraveling the Secrets of Animal Gaming: Study by Chinese Academy of Sciences

The study by researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences aimed to understand how animals play video games, specifically Pac-Man. To do this, they trained two rhesus monkeys to play the game and rewarded them with juice for successfully collecting all the dots in the maze and evading ghosts.

The monkeys were also rewarded for getting Pac-Man to eat the ghosts after consuming a special dot that made them vulnerable. Researchers found that an artificial intelligence system was able to accurately predict how the monkeys played Pac-Man and mimic their eye movements during the game. This study highlights the potential for AI technology to better understand and replicate the behavior of animals in various tasks.

The study by researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has shed light on how animals can be trained to play video games, specifically Pac-Man. The researchers found that an artificial intelligence system was able to accurately predict how the monkeys played Pac-Man and mimic their eye movements during the game. This study highlights