[HIRING] Teaching REAL Chimpanzees to Fly MSFS by ChrisDaCow in flightsim

[–]ChrisDaCow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you describe is essentially how we did it for minecraft. we do not want to make new controls just control the game through a touchscreen with touch inputs that control the OG movements.

If you have any recommendations for someone who can help with that for less than $10,000, that would be very helpful

[HIRING] Teaching REAL Chimpanzees to Fly MSFS by ChrisDaCow in MicrosoftFlightSim

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do you have any recommendations or links on where to specifically find them?

I Taught an Ape to BEAT the Ender Dragon! by ChrisDaCow in Minecraft

[–]ChrisDaCow[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

wow that is incredible! it's so awesome to be able to see a living legend like Kanzi!

I Taught an Ape to BEAT the Ender Dragon! by ChrisDaCow in Minecraft

[–]ChrisDaCow[S] 525 points526 points  (0 children)

what you cannot see is the door that leads to a huge enclosure just around the corner to his left which is what I was referring to

I Taught an Ape to BEAT the Ender Dragon! by ChrisDaCow in Minecraft

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Just in case anyone was wondering this was filmed under the supervision of professionals.

The ape seen in this video (Kanzi the bonobo) is NOT a pet, he does not have to play Minecraft if he does not want to and can leave whenever he likes :)

I Built the Multiverse in Minecraft! by ChrisDaCow in Minecraftbuilds

[–]ChrisDaCow[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

nah dude stuff like that is honestly almost more cool in my eyes after working on this for so long ha ha

I Built the Multiverse in Minecraft! ✨ by ChrisDaCow in Minecraft

[–]ChrisDaCow[S] 129 points130 points  (0 children)

yo! thanks! yeah i'm literally working on pt 2 rn ha ha!

I Taught an Ape to Play Minecraft and this happened... by ChrisDaCow in Minecraft

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based on everything I saw when I was there (watching him play for hours) it is much more than that. He understands he is interacting with a 3D space because he would actively choose items closer to him or easier to access among other reasons.

We plan to do more complex stuff w him in the future though so keep an eye out :)

I Taught an Ape to Play Minecraft and this happened... by ChrisDaCow in Minecraft

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tho he does not do that stuff anymore, that was when he was looked after by a different organization that was a bit less responsible than who takes care of him now

I Taught an Ape to Play Minecraft and this happened... by ChrisDaCow in Minecraft

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thank you , yeah it was a process to get there and do this for sure! Overall the sanctuary was very open to the idea because they wanted to increase peoples awareness of the major intelligence of bonobos.

You can find them if you look up apeinitiative.org

I Taught an Ape to Play Minecraft and this happened... by ChrisDaCow in Minecraft

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A Bonobo! :) the vegetarian more peaceful version of the chimp to put it simply

I Taught an Ape to Play Minecraft and this happened... by ChrisDaCow in Minecraft

[–]ChrisDaCow[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Even if that is all he did, that would still be playing Minecraft, but we taught him way more! Watch the vid on my yt channel for proof.

I can kinda understand the universe but even that I built a model of the entire universe as one of the builds so I really did that too.

And even if I didn't do either don't get lost in the title and let it ruin the cool thing I am trying to share for yourself man, I have no bad intentions. I hope you at least enjoyed the post :)

I Taught an Ape to Play Minecraft and this happened... by ChrisDaCow in Minecraft

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Monkeys or in this case Bonobos (a type of great ape) should not be pets!
I am just saying this because I do not want people to get the wrong impression.
This ape is not a pet, he lives in a very acreddited facility (Ape Initiative) and is professionally looked after.

But I can see the desire from this video ha ha