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The term non-human has been used to describe computer programs and robot-like devices that display some human-like characteristics. In both science fiction and in the real world, computer programs and robots have been built to perform tasks that require human-computer interactions in a manner that suggests sentience and compassion.
The Nonhuman Turn [1] describes a late 20th and 21st century movement within the arts, humanities and social sciences, as practitioners of these disciplines turn away from the Social Constructivism of the earlier 20th century, in favour of emergent philosophies which seek to decenter the human, and to emphasize instead the agency of the nonhuman world. [2]
Non-human intelligence (NHI) may refer to: Animal intelligence, the intelligence of animals; Artificial intelligence, the intelligence of machines or software;
Otherkin is a subculture of people who identify as partially or entirely nonhuman.Some otherkin believe their identity derives from non-physical spiritual phenomena, such as having a nonhuman soul [1]: 73–76 [better source needed] or reincarnation.
The 2013 Black Mirror episode "The Waldo Moment" explores the concept of a cartoon character electoral candidate.Several news reports, including one by Chris Cillizza, political reporter for The Washington Post, compared the 2016 Donald Trump political campaign to the episode; [45] [46] later, in September 2016, episode writer Charlie Brooker also compared the Trump campaign to The Waldo ...
This is a list of large extant primate species (excluding humans) that can be ordered by average weight or height range.There is no fixed definition of a large primate, it is typically assessed empirically. [1]
Just as human research into basal ganglia dysfunction provided insight into the development of stereotypies in animals, [8] animal research on stereotypic behaviours may help understand the neuronal mechanisms behind many of the motor stereotypies seen in human clinical populations. [23]
Tool use by non-humans is a phenomenon in which a non-human animal uses any kind of tool in order to achieve a goal such as acquiring food and water, grooming, combat, defence, communication, recreation or construction. Originally thought to be a skill possessed only by humans, some tool use requires a sophisticated level of cognition. There is ...