Pigs Can Be Trained To Play Video Games

[SOUL-DRIFTER]

No 'HOG WASH' they say.
OK, let em go Hog Wild.

By Rob Thubron on February 11, 2021, 6:59 AM 14 comments

WTF?! You might think pigs are pretty useless when it comes to gaming, but some of these farmyard animals have been trained to use a joystick and play something akin to a simple version of Pong.

It’s long been known that pigs are more intelligent than they're given credit for. They’re so smart, researchers from Purdue University in Indiana have trained four of the porkers to manipulate a joystick with their snouts to control what’s happening on a display, receiving rewards for specific tasks.

A paper in the journal Frontiers in Psychology explains how the pigs had to move a cursor around the screen, with the goal being to collide with one of four walls. If successful, a noise would play, and the pig was given a reward. The more successful the pig was at the game, the fewer the number of walls would appear.

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Study shows pigs can be trained to play video games

 

[pigfarmer]

my studies indicate pigs are delicious .....