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Weird Wide Web - Two-way conversations with animals

───   15:07 Wed, 01 Jun 2022

Weird Wide Web - Two-way conversations with animals | News Article

Scientists have successfully used AI to "translate" bat noises and the technology could help owners converse with their dogs and cats in the future through "Dr Dolittle machines".

According to femalefirst, Dr Yossi Yovel, from Tel Aviv University in Israel, said that the discovery was "like a miracle, like magic". He explained that the noises made by the bats related to different events such as fighting over food, allowing the researchers to work out when they were 'chatting' to each other.

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The breakthrough means that the human race could be communicating with animals in the future with the help of machines. Yovel said, "Machine learning can revolutionise our understanding of animal communication."

Roboticist Daniela Rus suggested that humans should say "sorry" if they do crack the code for talking with other species.



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