# A thought experiment on the intelligence of crows

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2008
- Speaker: Joshua Klein
- Year: 2008
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_klein_a_thought_experiment_on_the_intelligence_of_crows)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Hacker and writer Joshua Klein is fascinated by crows. (Notice the gleam of intelligence in their little black eyes?) After a long amateur study of corvid behavior, he's come up with an elegant thought experiment: a machine that could form a new bond between animal and human.

## Lectures

1. [A thought experiment on the intelligence of crows](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/joshua_klein_a_thought_experiment_on_the_intelligence_of_crows/47e46eb0e5b0), 10 min (TED's player)