What self-driving cars can learn from brainless slime mold

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  • @VergeScience
    @VergeScience  6 років тому +489

    Do you think slime mold qualifies as intelligent?

    • @heetendrarathor3126
      @heetendrarathor3126 6 років тому +58

      Intelligent enough to be alive.

    • @swimseven77
      @swimseven77 6 років тому +48

      If we're prepared to call our phones smart, then hell yeah!

    • @heetendrarathor3126
      @heetendrarathor3126 6 років тому +4

      Are you talking about smartphones?

    • @shoaibh4994
      @shoaibh4994 6 років тому +12

      Duhhh more intelligent than some of the AI systems

    • @Lucas-Weidner
      @Lucas-Weidner 6 років тому +6

      Yes, in a low level.

  • @ikonikian475
    @ikonikian475 6 років тому +71

    "we don't need one big brain to act smart"
    This gives me _hope_

  • @RoyontheHill
    @RoyontheHill 6 років тому +214

    Have you ever licked the floor?
    That's a no for me dawg

    • @luigi55125
      @luigi55125 5 років тому +19

      Man, you don't know what you're missing. You haven't lived till you've licked some floors.
      I recommend truck stop bathrooms.

    • @jkerman5113
      @jkerman5113 5 років тому +6

      Nobody likes a liar

    • @racistbilly55
      @racistbilly55 5 років тому

      @@luigi55125 Nothing compared to men's urinals. NOOB.

  • @davidschiebel3208
    @davidschiebel3208 2 роки тому +2

    The eating scared me... Like the perfect horror movie. Slime grows inside humans, learning how to use our brain and suddenly spreading insanely fast

  • @tHustr4
    @tHustr4 6 років тому +532

    Of course the French dude tried to eat it... 🤣

  • @ap-jz7rq
    @ap-jz7rq 6 років тому +40

    The production of this video was incredible. So hyped for this new channel.

  • @StephJ0seph
    @StephJ0seph 5 років тому +37

    3:45 The funny thing is that we're also essentially just made up of a bunch of proteins and lipids, and yet here I am a conscious being writing this comment.

  • @josephmarxembang5876
    @josephmarxembang5876 5 років тому +23

    scientists: dont eat anything within the lab
    them: **eats slime** tastes like moss!

  • @chrislasekan1685
    @chrislasekan1685 6 років тому +91

    This is cool and very informative. I had no idea what Slim Mold was before this video. I think I’m gonna like this channel.

  • @LashanR
    @LashanR 6 років тому +216

    Super interesting video! Subscribed :D Can't wait to see where you take this channel

    • @doyletheCat
      @doyletheCat 6 років тому

      but it's not this channel's own content, the content is produced by The Verge, which has 1.9 million subscribers.

  • @UrbanSamuraiAlliance
    @UrbanSamuraiAlliance 6 років тому +72

    Love this new channel.

  • @davidm.johnston8994
    @davidm.johnston8994 6 років тому +9

    "YOU'VE TRIED IT???
    -Yeah like have you ever licked the floor?"

  • @MuhammadHafiz128
    @MuhammadHafiz128 6 років тому +281

    turn the caption on, at 2:50 "scientist at the al-qaeda university in sapporo". dafuq.

    • @jjc5475
      @jjc5475 6 років тому +17

      edited now. :)

    • @MuhammadHafiz128
      @MuhammadHafiz128 6 років тому +33

      it still is in auto-generated caption.

    • @sidparyani9713
      @sidparyani9713 6 років тому +2

      Lol

    • @mechadonia
      @mechadonia 6 років тому +38

      Where else are you supposed to get a masters degree in bomb making?

    • @LandoCalrissiano
      @LandoCalrissiano 6 років тому +3

      Haha yeah. Auto translate shows that.

  • @MrSBVeyron
    @MrSBVeyron 6 років тому +2

    Guys your videos are super well made, you deserve much more subscribers

  • @ashishkathait6866
    @ashishkathait6866 6 років тому +226

    Two things
    1. I like the way she talks
    2. We are dumber than a brainless slime
    Also subscribed

    • @lemonke8132
      @lemonke8132 6 років тому +32

      Ashish kathait i dont like the way she talks

    • @MajkaSrajka
      @MajkaSrajka 6 років тому +8

      Ashish kathait we are not dumber than a brainless slime

    • @Czafa
      @Czafa 6 років тому +8

      I may be dumber than brainless slime, but I still like the way she talks.

    • @blitzup77
      @blitzup77 6 років тому +2

      Ashish kathait totally agree on your 1st point

    • @catfan913
      @catfan913 6 років тому

      We aren't dumber than them, we're differently specialized.

  • @mohamadalihelal
    @mohamadalihelal 6 років тому +45

    Incredible work, I believe that you guys are going to make this such an amazing channel, Good luck.

  • @sagarbaishya4977
    @sagarbaishya4977 6 років тому +77

    This can exactly be an alien life in another planet but much more powerful and strong totally possible and the only way u can defeat it is by eating it

    • @renookami4651
      @renookami4651 6 років тому

      A moez literal "pudding slime" from FF_XII ? xD

    • @Vincer
      @Vincer 6 років тому

      ua-cam.com/video/TSSPgTgFXcc/v-deo.html

    • @Kuhmuhnistische_Partei
      @Kuhmuhnistische_Partei 4 роки тому

      If "eating it" would be a solid strategy to defeat it, you could just use stomach acid or stronger acids. :p

  • @vivekava07
    @vivekava07 6 років тому +9

    Let me be honest. I wasn't really interested in the topic until I saw the way she presented. The production overall was fab. No doubt. Subbed.

  • @projectdullorange9218
    @projectdullorange9218 6 років тому

    I am pretty sure Verge Science will be a fantastic Science channel and will bridge the gap between information inaccessibility and paradox denials.

  • @mancerrss
    @mancerrss 6 років тому +3

    At first I really have doubts why this needed to be separate channel. Now I finally know why, Verge Science team needs to separate to tell great stories specifically on science, and grow The Verge to better as a science news brand too

  • @LawrenceKassab
    @LawrenceKassab 6 років тому

    The answer on how it does this is pretty simple to me, its conscious of what it's doing, its making discussions based on the environment around it. Well to me anyway.

  • @xsystem1
    @xsystem1 6 років тому +1

    I love your website and Im happy that you have a youtube channel..I already graduated in college long ago and stop learning..my urge to learn more ignites because of your site. I realize that there are too many things to learn and learning doesnt stop as long as we live

  • @MassDynamic
    @MassDynamic 6 років тому

    the problem for transit is more complex than that. the experiment has to take account for the topography of the land. mountains, rivers, etc have to be taken into account.

  • @xX_Mario_Kart_Master_Xx
    @xX_Mario_Kart_Master_Xx 6 років тому +8

    Be grateful that slime isn’t testing us in Petri dishes

  • @jammu8482
    @jammu8482 6 років тому +54

    Very interesting video but my big question is who licks the floor and eats moss or dust??

    • @vincentsanchez3154
      @vincentsanchez3154 6 років тому +8

      #whitepeople

    • @KuraIthys
      @KuraIthys 6 років тому +17

      People with more curiosity than common sense.
      A bit weird, but... A useful trait for a scientist in some ways...

    • @2000anandhu
      @2000anandhu 6 років тому

      Ligma

    • @Andrew-fn9oc
      @Andrew-fn9oc 6 років тому

      Never licked the floor, never ate moss, but surely everyone has had a face full of dust...
      Not intentionally but by mistake I mean, it takes bitter and dry as you would guess, not nice :3

  • @BigDH28
    @BigDH28 6 років тому +3

    I'm really into verge lately! They are exploring and sharing some super interesting information! Keep up the great content Verge! 👍

  • @hasankunukcu1459
    @hasankunukcu1459 6 років тому

    This video is incredibly ironic. I had done private research at high school on this specific topic last year, inspired by the cited Hokkaido project. This scientist is located in NJ, from NJIT, and I live in NJ and had the research in a major newspaper! :)

  • @novafawks
    @novafawks 6 років тому

    Good video, I would NEVER have realized you guys were just starting out because the quality is so great!
    Btw, do you guys need a musician? I've been producing for 9 years now, and have done lots of UA-cam work. I'd love to do stuff for you guys!

  • @11cjashanmanghnani72
    @11cjashanmanghnani72 6 років тому +8

    Amazing Video. Already loving this awesome Science channel by The Verge.

  • @francischew4073
    @francischew4073 6 років тому +1

    What is the music playing at 4:40 ?

  • @gigicats6
    @gigicats6 6 років тому

    + Verge Science The woman is loud enough and very clear spoken to understand. I don't think I one word that the man said. Their voices seem to be set at different volumes. Thank you for enabling captions.

  • @mckinzymason3645
    @mckinzymason3645 6 років тому

    Maybe I'm missing the point but it seems that the slime mold just finds the quickest route to the food which is not necessarily solving a complex problem; like the bit where they showed that it could recreate the transportation system or solve the maze. It seemed like the mold was spreading itself out until it found the food source then used the most effective route.

  • @DomBurgess
    @DomBurgess 6 років тому +1

    So cool! The most original way of looking at the link between nature and tech that I think I've ever seen. Great work!

  • @Duuvallll
    @Duuvallll 6 років тому +54

    When u can relate slime mold to self driving and make it interesting 👌🏽 +1 subscribers

  • @mariozantedeschi
    @mariozantedeschi 6 років тому +25

    This will be the best Science Channel on Earth!!! 🌏

    • @harshits1368
      @harshits1368 6 років тому +1

      Zuan Ted Science*

    • @notdanowan
      @notdanowan 6 років тому +1

      Looks promising, but it's gonna be hard to beat 'Kurzgesagt' ;)

  • @djcat1224
    @djcat1224 6 років тому +1

    Whats the name of the song in minute 3:57 please?

  • @chaitanyayanamala845
    @chaitanyayanamala845 6 років тому +12

    your first video. I loved it

  • @darksoals
    @darksoals 6 років тому +7

    I’m not a scientist but it looks like the slime mold does a bit of a radar scan where it just branches out evenly over the surface looking for places of interest. Once it finds them it condenses itself into a pathway between the food and what I assume is the homebase? Because it wants the food as efficiently as possible it creates as short a chain as is possible. Optimizing it’s transfer of food.

    • @ESiroko
      @ESiroko 6 років тому

      I came looking in the comments for you. I have the very same understanding how it works.

    • @rxonmymind8362
      @rxonmymind8362 6 років тому

      Women do the same.

  • @yuribandolon5467
    @yuribandolon5467 6 років тому

    This was very unexpected, just shows to see how serious the researchers are...cool

  • @pounchoutz
    @pounchoutz 6 років тому +1

    Love her energy! Pairs great with such an interesting topic

  • @sandeepbanik
    @sandeepbanik 6 років тому

    The algorithm analogous to what the slim uses is called 'Alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM)'. This is broadly used in distributed optimization. Check it out @Verge Science.

  • @maestro56777
    @maestro56777 6 років тому

    So ambitious, we as your new subscriber base believe in you guys!

  • @89SkAle
    @89SkAle 6 років тому +6

    Awesome. Simply awesome. Love this channel already

  • @AbhishekMukherjee
    @AbhishekMukherjee 6 років тому +1

    How about something sci-fi - the slime mold you ingest while tasting it starts building a mesh inside your body.. taking over it gradually... and taking control of your thoughts

  • @CodyWardTV
    @CodyWardTV 6 років тому +2

    Love the new channel! Please post more!

  • @davideverrini6193
    @davideverrini6193 6 років тому

    1:53 @ale_potenza those gestures and the way you talk! Strepitosa!
    Great video
    Keep up the good work

  • @bassemb
    @bassemb 6 років тому

    It's exciting to see the birth of a great new science channel. Already subscribed and loving every video.

  • @marcuslaverdure5286
    @marcuslaverdure5286 6 років тому +1

    Think to get a more comparable multi million dollar international highway you will have to insert terrains and land scape such as mountains into the equation
    This channel is amazing, i love these science videos

  • @helplessfellow3095
    @helplessfellow3095 6 років тому +1

    Thank you Verge for this channel this is my new knowledge booster.

  • @afsdsasasf
    @afsdsasasf 6 років тому +1

    yes, this is what ive been bothered about. If a e.g. country has all their vehicles A.I. driven, all the cars connect to one 'brain'. This allows, like said above, to smooth traffic congestion. Having human drivers is causing jams as every driver thinks differently and takes different actions when handed different situations. Great video, thanks, really love this channel

  • @raferda8716
    @raferda8716 6 років тому +6

    need more of this

  • @ASLUHLUHC3
    @ASLUHLUHC3 6 років тому +2

    That slime is smarter than a lot of people

  • @Bhupender855
    @Bhupender855 6 років тому +8

    Science channel from verge wow, now science will be even more fun. Thanks for creating this.

  • @fefe8onlyou
    @fefe8onlyou 6 років тому +1

    Great video, so interesting and well explained. Good work Alessandra! 🇮🇹

  • @chiopio
    @chiopio 6 років тому

    I'm confused, it seems that the mold joins the dots in a straight line, which is too obvious? It also doesn't consider the topography of the land at all...like the rockies for example.

  • @akirality
    @akirality 5 років тому +3

    5:07
    girl:taste like moss
    me:So you have tasted moss?
    girl:

  • @ayushganvir2721
    @ayushganvir2721 6 років тому

    The thing they should have really shown is that could the slime make the exact same pattern everytime when given the exact same condition. That will test its optimality.

  • @TobiasBalk
    @TobiasBalk 6 років тому

    -You've tasted it? What does it taste like?
    -Have you ever licked the floor?
    Simon seems to be extraordinarily curious about how things taste

  • @DAToft
    @DAToft 6 років тому

    How long does it take for the slime mold to generate these graphs? They are most likely brute-forcing their pathways, and it seems to me that the algorithm it uses is to expand a circle around the areas of interest until they hit another area of interest, at least from the footage at 6:39. That's a pretty slow algorithm in terms of computer science, and would not suffice at all in a real-time situation.

  • @kwanpakshing
    @kwanpakshing 6 років тому +1

    This is a very interesting channel explaining the world we are living . Good

  • @marcoantoniov.t.9558
    @marcoantoniov.t.9558 6 років тому +1

    Absolutely mind blowing! Never thought something like this could happen, such a great opportunity.

  • @AhmedOta
    @AhmedOta 6 років тому

    Oh boy! The Verge + science! Heck yeah im subscribing

  • @Xirru
    @Xirru 6 років тому

    This is scary.. reminds me of that one movie I watched where a whole space crew got killed by a bacteria that grew into a octopus sort of thing..

  • @ADELTURSUNKULOVA2L
    @ADELTURSUNKULOVA2L 6 років тому

    I needed this video during my case study in biology class last year

  • @PurlaneMauve
    @PurlaneMauve 6 років тому

    Nice. Great, high quality video. Can’t wait to see what’s in store!

  • @PantherGaming039
    @PantherGaming039 6 років тому

    I just saw bunch of videos....fell in love with the channel..

  • @GabrieleMasullo
    @GabrieleMasullo 6 років тому

    I always follow The Verge and watch every video. Immediately subscribed to this new channel. Alessandra complimenti! Ottimo lavoro. Well done!

  • @derekonlinenow777
    @derekonlinenow777 6 років тому

    Awesome initiative, learned a little bit about slime molds. Subscribed, Thanks

  • @AdityaGanguly
    @AdityaGanguly 6 років тому +1

    Extremely well made, subscribed, looking forward to more.

  • @Asaritwo
    @Asaritwo 6 років тому +1

    Loving this New Channel

  • @andrijauhari8566
    @andrijauhari8566 6 років тому

    that last question simon, it's give me goosebumps

  • @soulmate1730
    @soulmate1730 6 років тому

    Whats the background soundtrack at 0:45

  • @user-kk3nk5zf9s
    @user-kk3nk5zf9s 5 років тому

    These scientist are fearless, this frenchie liking the floor and tasting dirtand then they both start eating this slime that's a living fungus, and the lady also seems to know what moss tastes like.
    I hope they both don't turn into Venom, Carnage or anybody else.

  • @groundfloor711
    @groundfloor711 6 років тому +14

    Love the idea. Executed well. Subscribed!

  • @venkatnarahari
    @venkatnarahari 6 років тому +94

    Bring those self driving cars to learn in India and those cars will learn more than travelling the entire world!! 😂

    • @weir-t7y
      @weir-t7y 6 років тому +6

      Venkat Narahari i don't think you want them to dump THEIR waste on the street too

    •  6 років тому +15

      Those self-driving cars will learn to poop on the streets.

    • @popeye8502
      @popeye8502 6 років тому +1

      Faizan Ali and pollute their rivers

    • @oscarkorlowsky4938
      @oscarkorlowsky4938 6 років тому +3

      They probably won't last a day, I've never been to India and I've been told by some of my mom's friends and documentaries that basically everyone steals from you, so I'm guessing those cars wouldn't last a day in india

    • @RadialSeeker113
      @RadialSeeker113 6 років тому +2

      @@oscarkorlowsky4938 depends on where in India. India has 1.3 B people. Over 3.5x more than the US. Culture across adjacent States is more different than the entire continent of North America. Self driving cars won't function here because machine learning is not good enough yet. We're at least 20 years out from technology that can actually accomplish such a monumental task

  • @jaisalsanghvi
    @jaisalsanghvi 6 років тому

    Awesome video guys, subscribed...looking forward to your future stuff...

  • @blitzup77
    @blitzup77 6 років тому

    Your tone of voice is great! Its make me want to dive in further. Eventually I follow along to the very end of vdo

  • @charchildahiya397
    @charchildahiya397 6 років тому +2

    That's fascinating.. All I know was aggregation of these unicellular organisms behaving like a multicellular creature but this is another level..

  • @su7sh
    @su7sh 6 років тому

    Content, Graphics and Expressions 🤪 on point. Keep up the verge work!🎉😁

  • @MiyuruWeerarathna
    @MiyuruWeerarathna 6 років тому +1

    This is being used now in some cars. There’s “Car to X” communication where all cars can link up to gather new info on the road and all. I don’t think it avoids traffic. But that’s what google maps and Waze traffic updates do right? We have harnessed this tech somehow!

  • @mylegguy8115
    @mylegguy8115 6 років тому

    What happens if I bring some slime mold to my house to study it

  • @Ab_someone
    @Ab_someone 6 років тому

    One can imagine the network of beings interconnected in a symbiotic intelligence keeping the ecological balance not necessarily with an intention but by the fact that they are seeking out resources in an intelligently efficient manner there by creating an entire network of intelligent communication.. like in the movie Avatar.

  • @almed23
    @almed23 6 років тому

    That maze shot is amazingly creepy

  • @CaesarStoneman
    @CaesarStoneman 6 років тому

    Very well presented, the pacing kept me interested entire video. Definitely subscribed. Keep good work! Au revoir :)

  • @LazySpaceRaptor
    @LazySpaceRaptor 6 років тому +12

    the first "ants" showed here are actually termites.

    • @flyingratchet
      @flyingratchet 6 років тому +2

      I noticed the same thing and "control + f'ed" the comments to see if I was the only one :)

    • @inox1ck
      @inox1ck 5 років тому

      And ants and termites are in different orders of insects

  • @DavidAxelrodP
    @DavidAxelrodP 6 років тому

    Great work! Really liked it. Subscribed!

  • @g-kaiser6221
    @g-kaiser6221 6 років тому +20

    That slime mold is smarter than me 😔

  • @paolozaninelli
    @paolozaninelli 6 років тому

    Non vedo l'ora di vedere i prossimi! Daje Ale!

  • @mannuelvigneault1583
    @mannuelvigneault1583 6 років тому

    Verge, thanks for being awesome,

  • @Schradermusic
    @Schradermusic 6 років тому

    I say we give this mold too much credit and it doesn't make decisions at all, it's just related to physics.
    It spreads out in all directions, finds a food source. The nutrients naturally move the shortest route, resulting in the unused routes dying off.

  • @peter8488
    @peter8488 5 років тому

    I got my answer, tastes like dirt, I'm so glad he did that because now I don't feel odd for wanting to know what it tastes like.

  • @youngmanlogan5812
    @youngmanlogan5812 6 років тому

    Loved this channel

  • @novazee
    @novazee 6 років тому

    3:40 "That's a problem we need supercomputers to solve..." Proof that we're already living inside a supercomputer.

  • @dysonsquared
    @dysonsquared 6 років тому

    A welcome addition to my sub list!

  • @brownsugar6145
    @brownsugar6145 6 років тому +25

    Crazy fascinating.

  • @venkatkyasa
    @venkatkyasa 6 років тому +2

    Superb video and I loved it

  • @chedderburg
    @chedderburg 5 років тому

    I clicked the thumbs up but the Display was sideways. I‘d like to see the slime mold do that

  • @Alexclermontwrites
    @Alexclermontwrites 6 років тому

    Who would look at a damn slime mold and wonder "what does that taste like?"

  • @jasmeetsingh6121
    @jasmeetsingh6121 6 років тому

    Don't think big cooperations will be able to build a network as specificated as the slime molds

  • @Hekrov
    @Hekrov 6 років тому

    This is a really good channel...