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c/mildlyinteresting · by Neha@sh.itjust.works · 221d

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

http://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241128-i-taught-rats-to-drive-a-car-and-it-may-help-us-lead-happier-lives

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10 Comments

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 221d (2 replies)

... akin to a rodent version of Tesla's Cybertruck.

Poorly designed, unreliable, and overpriced?

Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 221d (1 reply)

Glued together and spontaneously combusting?

fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 219d

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

Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 221d (2 replies)

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.

Neha@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 221d (1 reply)

Well, I'm definitely not doing that

Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 221d

👍

Arcanoloth@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 221d

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

AmidFuror@fedia.io · 2 pts · 221d

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

sbv@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 221d

That is a really interesting article. Thanks for posting.

Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 221d

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