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Re:Attempting to interpret sperm whale clicks with AI, then ... by PaulDavisThe1st on Monday November 01, 2021 @12:39AM (#29063047)
There's no software in a whale's brain, or in a human's brain.

As has been discussed in a couple of articles linked on HN recently, it might not even be useful to think about brain function as computation.

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Re:Attempting to interpret sperm whale clicks with AI, then ... by thaumasiotes on Monday November 01, 2021 @12:45AM (#29063083)
> There's no software in a whale's brain, or in a human's brain.

Sure, and man is the only animal with no instincts, ensouled cells are metaphysically different from soulless cells, and fossils were placed in the ground as a test of your faith.

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