Video: In the latest episode of BBC’s Spy in the Wild, a robot ape equipped with a spycam happens upon a wild orangutan that recently found a saw. She uses it with a stunning level of mastery, given the fact that she’s an orangutan. But wait, there’s more.
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Somewhat by surprise, the wild ape and the robo-ape proceed to engage in a fierce carpentry competition. It’s unclear who won, but let’s just say that man’s creation is no match for God’s precious creature. It’s also unclear if the wild ape figured out how to use the saw by watching the robot — which is perhaps some cruel foreshadowing for the human race and our artificially intelligent overlords.
It’s hard to say which is more moving, this new ape vs. robot clip from Spy In the Wild, or last week’s clip of a lifeless monkey tricking real monkeys into being sad.