IIRC, canon says that Stingray used orangutan brains as a basis for his prototypes.
What would have to be done to move an orangutan to the level we see in boomers, I don't know, but I'd guess at the least you'd need language processing, mathematics, kinesthetics (since boomers seem to come out of the box knowing how to move, which I don't think most apes do), and maybe a few other things.
Hmm. My personal inclination is that Sylvie and Co. were pretty typical of that failure sequence (different sequences would occur most often in different models, due to minor differences in wiring and input and such) - not neccessarily genii, but well within the spectrum we would call normal intelligence. I'd guesstimate they'd fall somewhere closer to the low end of that range, but that you wouldn't be able to tell past the (still working) chips and such.
Blessed be.
-n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."
What would have to be done to move an orangutan to the level we see in boomers, I don't know, but I'd guess at the least you'd need language processing, mathematics, kinesthetics (since boomers seem to come out of the box knowing how to move, which I don't think most apes do), and maybe a few other things.
Hmm. My personal inclination is that Sylvie and Co. were pretty typical of that failure sequence (different sequences would occur most often in different models, due to minor differences in wiring and input and such) - not neccessarily genii, but well within the spectrum we would call normal intelligence. I'd guesstimate they'd fall somewhere closer to the low end of that range, but that you wouldn't be able to tell past the (still working) chips and such.
Blessed be.
-n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."