Why Are Researchers Studying Animal and Not Human Brains

Human brains are too complicated to study, nevermind the ethical implications of doing it, while animal brains a lot simpler and we have set principles and technologies to study them.

Decrypted · Why Silicon Valley Is Hiring Bird Experts · at 12:32 · August 7th, 2019 ·Transcript

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What Is a Zebra Finch at 1:45 Transcript
What Question Prompted Tim, Boston University Professor, With Exploring the Correlation Between Avian Minds and Human Minds at 4:40 Transcript
What Is One of the Key Focuses of Tim's Studies at 5:40 Transcript
Why Do Researchers Study How Zebra Finches Learn to Sing? at 6:01 Transcript
Why Is the Tech Industry So Interested in Research Related to Bird Brain Function at 12:02 Transcript
Why Are Researchers Studying Animal and Not Human Brains at 12:32 Transcript
How Are Tech Companies Hiring Neuroscientists to Build AI? at 14:24 Transcript
Why Does Amir Khosrowshahi, Vice President and CTO of AI at Intel Invest So Much Time in Studying Neuroscience at 15:00 Transcript
Do Researchers Already Know Everything Important About Birds, According to Decrypted? at 16:02 Transcript
When Does Zebra-finch Research Pay Off, According to Decrypted? at 17:49 Transcript
What Is Elon Musk Hoping to Get From Neuralink at 19:43 Transcript
Can You Already See Bird-brain Research in Siri, Alexa, and Google? at 26:32 Transcript

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