In 2007, at Kyoto University’s Primate Research Institute, Professor Tetsuro Matsuzawa and his team conducted a famous experiment as part of the Ai Project. A young chimpanzee named Ayumu was shown numbers on a screen for just 210 milliseconds before they vanished. His challenge was to tap them in the correct order. Human university students were given the same task — and most failed where Ayumu excelled. The results were astonishing: Ayumu consistently outperformed humans, showing a level of vi

In 2007, a chimpanzee named Ayumu at Kyoto University's Primate Research Institute outperformed adult humans in a visual short-term memory test.⁠ ⁠ The study, led by Professor Tetsuro Matsuzawa, demonstrated a surprising cognitive ability in young chimpanzees.⁠ ⁠ The 2007 study was particularly notable because it was the first time chimps outperformed humans in a cognitive task and directly challenged assumptions about human intellectual superiority. ⁠ ⁠ It showcased the exceptional, though high

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