You've Seen Guide Dogs Before. But Nobody Told You What They're Actually Thinking — Until Now.
Most people know guide dogs are impressive. What most people don't know is how genuinely extraordinary the level of judgment they operate at every single day actually is.
A guide dog is not simply trained to follow commands. It is trained to disobey them.
This is called "intelligent disobedience" — and it is, arguably, the most remarkable cognitive task we have ever asked of another species. When a handler gives the command to cross a street, the dog does not automatically obey.
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