Ever wonder what birds are talking about? Does eavesdropping on bees sound intriguing? Want to know what your cat really thinks of you?
Researchers Yossi Yovel and Oded Rechavi from the School of Zoology, Wise Faculty of Life Sciences & Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Israel, have looked into what it would take for AI to understand non-human animal communication.
In an essay, ”AI and the Doctor Dolittle challenge,” published in Current Biology, the team probes the nuances of animal intelligence, communication and the potential and limitations of AI capabilities.
The researchers frame communicating with animals as “The Doctor Dolittle challenge” after a popular children’s book series with multiple film and animation adaptations. In the fictional story, Doctor Dolittle is taught to understand bird language by a West African parrot named Polynesia, who is conveniently bilingual, speaking both bird and the human language of English.
In the story, Polynesia suggests that animals are just speaking a different language, stating:
2023-08-26 05:24:04
Source from phys.org