More Scritches Now
Just like several committed dog owners, Alexis Devine spends hours every day in her living room talking to her dog, Bunny. The weird thing is that Bunny is “talking” back. Scroll via Devine’s TikTok page and see a stream of videos that follow the same general trend. In this video, you can see Bunny pushing three buttons consecutively: More, Scritches, Now.

More Scritches Now
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Some concepts are simpler to model than others, so Devine said she had to be imaginative. To teach Bunny various words, Devine has to model how they are used in speech. For example, when Bunny was still learning the word “outside,” Devine said she would push the “outside” button and say the word until she let her out.

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