A Michael Broad Blog
Domestic cat intelligence is a tricky topic. How do we measure it? In general humans are all at sea in assessing it. Dr Bruce Fogle DVM has a handle on it. I have created an infographic around his advice. You’ll find some news media websites such as The Scotsman confidently talking about the intelligence …
This table comes from the sciencemag.com website. I feel the need to reproduce it verbatim in the interests of accuracy. It is a way of testing social intelligence in cats. It has been found that domestic cats are more socially intelligent than once was thought, but sadly they cling to their reputation as social …
Yes, domestic cats do vary in intelligence. The same must apply to the wild cats. I can say with confidence, however, that domestic cats vary in intelligence based upon tests carried out on dogs. I know that is not what you want to hear but we are reliant on dog studies sometimes to extrapolate …
I believe that artificial intelligence will, in time, revolutionise the diagnosis of illnesses in both people and their pets and I am not alone. For the sake of clarity, artificial intelligence (AI) is a process whereby computers begin to think like humans which means they can learn autonomously to improve their abilities. You can …
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in human medicine and it is expected to have a major influence on how veterinary practices develop and evolve in the future in order to keep pace and be competitive. As the eBay boss, Devin Wenig, said if your business does not have an artificial intelligence strategy …
A Baidu search engine employee, Wan Xi, took pity upon stray cats in general when he discovered a small cat hiding in his car during cold weather in China. For those of you who are unaware, Baidu is a major search engine in China. Wan Xi wanted to help stray cats and he used …
While some research scientists’ minds may be in a dither over this conundrum, kitty guardians have absolutely no problem answering this question; cats are extremely smart and downright resourceful. Researchers have such a difficult time deciding whether cats are actually brainy. According to an article in Slate Magazine, a Hungarian scientist named Ádám Miklósi …
A smart cat toy has been developed by Michael Friedman of Petronics. It is called Mousr. It looks like a large mouse. It is not a mouse with true artificial intelligence because our development of artificial intelligence is some way off. We have not arrived at it yet but it is a mouse which …
