A Dog vs. Alan Turing
By ABL 2.0 May 6th, 2011
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a Turing statue passes the canine Turing test !
May 6th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
Up in Boone NC and Lil Bit just snatched a deviled egg off the counter. I little cocker and I whacked her on the ass as hard as I could and she didn’t flinch!
May 6th, 2011 at 6:33 pm
that was funny. doggie needs a clue…
May 6th, 2011 at 6:34 pm
Cute dog. Not too bright, though.
May 6th, 2011 at 6:35 pm
Actually, think about it. That dog has got to be cluing after shape alone because there’s not much else left. No smell, no color, no movement/behavior — that’s rather interesting.
May 6th, 2011 at 6:41 pm
Just curious—how’d you ID the statue as Turing?
May 6th, 2011 at 6:45 pm
The poor dog – he just wanted to play! I hope whoever was filming this at least tossed the stick for him once or twice….
May 6th, 2011 at 6:45 pm
@gnomedad:
Here ya go.
May 6th, 2011 at 6:50 pm
Danged computer nerrds don’t wanna play fetch.
And isn’t that a border collie? I thought they were supposed to be the smart dogs.
May 6th, 2011 at 7:01 pm
Yeah….my border collie would do the exact same thing. Sigh. Neurotic dogs are the worst.
May 6th, 2011 at 7:11 pm
I love the way the camera shakes ‘cause the guy is laughing so hard.
May 6th, 2011 at 7:15 pm
@freelancer: my favorite bit: “He is sitting on a bench situated in a central position in the park. On Turing’s left is the University of Manchester and on his right is Manchester’s gay village.”
May 6th, 2011 at 7:18 pm
My favorite bit is when the dog tries to give him a stick. Po’ statue of dead Alan Turing lets the stick drop to the ground, and the pup picks it up and tries again.
Definitely a very friendly dog.
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May 6th, 2011 at 7:22 pm
If you haven’t seen a close up of the statue, it does look as if he’s holding a ball. Actually an apple, but I can see how a dog might get confused.
May 6th, 2011 at 7:35 pm
Our dog is rather like that, except with a tennis ball. She will bring any visitor a tennis ball and drop it at their feet. If they don’t pay attention, she’ll pick it up and drop it at their feet again.
Her best is trying to persuade a firework to play. I mean, a ground based firework emitting a big cloud of sparks continuously for 20 seconds or so. The dog’s reaction was to find a tennis ball and repeatedly drop it in front of the “visitor”. I have no idea what that’s about.
May 6th, 2011 at 7:45 pm
This is just wonderful. Animals are great.
OT—check out Slate’s photoessay on feline military units. It’s fabulously silly.
May 6th, 2011 at 7:49 pm
@stuckinred: I was just near Boone for Merlefest! Great part of the country, says I. For the music and geography…maybe not so for the politics.
May 6th, 2011 at 7:54 pm
Is that the simple dog from Hyperbole and a Half?
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogs.....r-joy.html
May 6th, 2011 at 8:00 pm
@MAJeff: Allie Brosh is so great. I hope she gets her book out in record time.
May 6th, 2011 at 8:10 pm
Seems to be a bit of philosophical difference there. Somewhat disappointed the dog didn’t ‘lift its leg’ on the statue.
May 6th, 2011 at 8:56 pm
That makes no sense – dogs have a good sense of smell. I can’t believe the dog thinks that statue is for reelz. But then again, there can be a range of IQ…
May 6th, 2011 at 9:43 pm
@colleeniem:
hey now. NC voted for Obama!
May 6th, 2011 at 10:39 pm
@MAJeff: Allie Brosh is hands down the funniest woman on the internets.
May 7th, 2011 at 12:06 am
One of my dogs was obsessed with TV and would bark at dogs on TV, including Dino on the Flintstones. How she figured out that was a “dog” I’ll never know.
May 7th, 2011 at 12:36 am