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Re:Attempting to interpret sperm whale clicks with AI, then ... by secondaryacct on Sunday October 31, 2021 @10:33PM (#29062507)
Recording the feats of the emperor is already miles beyond what whales probably do and I d go as far as to call that recorded History,since the goal of writing is to allow the dead to speak to the future, a megalomaniac endeavour only overly inflated brains could think about.

After seeing that poor monkey spending his life learning sign language just to ask for more bananas and never asking a tough question, Im a bit pesimistic.

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Re:Attempting to interpret sperm whale clicks with AI, then ... by easygenes on Sunday October 31, 2021 @10:56PM (#29062630)
Alex the African Grey parrot is I think the most developed example we have of animals learning human language and concepts. Alex is notable for being the first non-human to ask an existential question, asking, "What color?" when seeing himself in the mirror. He quickly learned he was grey.
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