Great ape

I found this graphical tree representation of the hierarchy of the intelligence of animals.

I wonder where the smartest machine or robot is on this tree?

There’s no doubt in my mind that we already have forms of artificial intelligence with greater intelligence than my daughter’s silkies. It wouldn’t be hard.

These things have been breed for looks or their blue-black meat and bones, depending on who you believe. But in the process their brains were bred out, and they picked up a few extra in-bred claws.

So the great apes at the top of the tree can push the other animals around the tree (e.g. silkies are now definitely below horses, even thoroughbreds) and introduce whole new forms of artificial intelligence (that are slowing climb up the tree).