A new study provides evidence that pigeons tackle some problems just as artificial intelligence would – allowing them to solve difficult tasks that would vex humans.Previous research had shown pigeons learned how to solve complex categorization tasks that human ways of thinking – like selective attention and explicit rule use – would not b...

Researchers had theorized that pigeons used a "brute force" method of solving problems that is similar to what is used in AI models, said Brandon Turner, lead author of the new study and...

"We found really strong evidence that the mechanisms guiding pigeon learning are remarkably similar to the same principles that guide modern machine learning and AI techniques,"...

Researchers have theorized that pigeons use a “brute force” method of solving problems that is actually quite similar to what many AI models do, according to Brandon Turner, lead author of the new study and professor of psychology at Ohio State.