How artificial intelligence could help determine a dog’s personality

Assistance dogs need to be able to perform different actions and adapt to any environment to help their owners. — AFP Relaxnews

Assistance dogs can be trained to accompany people with visual, hearing, motor or psychological impairments or disabilities. But some dogs are more suited to this task than others. US and UK researchers have created an innovative tool to help trainers spot them.

Scientists at the University of East London and the University of Pennsylvania have developed an artificial intelligence algorithm that evaluates a dog’s personality. The tool is based on data from almost 8,000 Canine Behavior Assessment and Research Questionnaires (C-BARQ). For over 20 years, this test has been a benchmark in the evaluation of potential working dogs.