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Re:Attempting to interpret sperm whale clicks with AI, then ... by 01100011 on Sunday October 31, 2021 @09:31PM (#29062193)
Do we even know that whales communicate with conscious intent? What if the sounds they make were mere reflexes driven by some internal state like adrenaline, sex or hunger hormones?
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Re:Attempting to interpret sperm whale clicks with AI, then ... by cetalingua on Sunday October 31, 2021 @10:35PM (#29062521)
We do, actually, for dolphins at least. Researchers did an experiment where dolphins had to coordinate their actions (push 2 buttons together) without seeing each other. So they coordinated their actions acoustically by communicating when they should push the buttons.
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