‘You taught me language; and my profit on’t/Is, I know how to curse’: Caliban and intelligent dogs
The folks at Evolution News have been wondering, well, we’ll let their headline say it: “Can a Dog Be Bred to Be as Smart as a Human?” Well, that’s their wheelhouse, so that’s what keeps them up at night. Hearing the thought expressed, it may begin to keep the rest of us up as well. It may be a new idea to us, but as usual, Shakespeare got there first, as we’ll soon see. Payton Pearson, an electrical engineer in Ohio, has written a paper suggesting that “humans could artificially …
