Real life Dr. Like dolils, scientists are using AI to decode animal communication

Botalenose dolphins are known for their intelligence, and now researchers are trying to find out if we can one day communicate with them in our language.

Woods Hole in Massachusetts are using artificial intelligence to decod the meaning of the rear of the dolphin CT in the Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the Marsota Dolphin Research Program in Florida.

“Our aim is to understand their rules of communication, what is the structure, function and meaning of dolphin communication,” Halain Jensen said, “WHOI’s marine research facility said. Is present Matt Gallowas.

“So, not only to identify the sounds that they create, but also highlight the sounds that matter to them.”

In May, researchers were awarded the Kolar Dolital Challenge for two-way communication for that work. It honors researchers who have made significant scientific progresses who can pave the way for human-fashion communication.

Yosi Yovail, who led the Judging Panel for the Kolar Dolital Award, says that Jeremy is interested in unlocked the deep understanding of the language in the Kolar Foundation species.

“Understanding how communication has evolved into many different species, we can better understand the evolutionary roots of communication and language,” he said.

Yovail says that the signals and messages they explain, Botalenz is an important first step to decod the communication system of dolphin.

From there, scientists can begin to understand how dolphins organize signs when they are communicating to create what humans will understand as sentences.

He said, “The next step will be to present the signals that you have discovered and inspect their response, and to show that you can do it in many contexts,” he said.

To use AI to increase understanding

Sarasota Dolphin Research Program The world’s longest -running study conducts Of a wild dolphin population. Since 1970, he has created a database of sounds from more than 300 dolphins.

Jensen says that Botalenose is separated in dolphins, individual sounds are the researcher signature CT.

“This is a dolphin equal to a human name. Dolphins use these signature whistles to maintain social bonds and recognize each other,” he said.

Dolphins also make non-host-signed whistles, including about 50 percent of whistles they produce, but have very little research in the region. Study published by winning team It is suggested that non-comprehensive CT can act as words with reference-specific meanings.

Jensen says AI can help researchers automatically detect and discover the communication of dolphins by discovering and discovering.

“We are seeing how to use it to identify the patterns of use in individuals and contexts so that we can guess how dolphins use them,” he said.

Jensen and other researchers say that one of the AI ​​strength has the ability to process large amounts of data.

Sophie Cohen-Bodenus and his team at the University of Washington, St. Louis, Mo. In, who were shortlisted for the awards were used to understand the pattern in the cutalfish arm wave signal, a form of sign language.

Through non-invasive behavioral experiments, the cohen-bodenus examined that organisms explain signs of hand using vision and vibration.

“We are in the process of collecting larger datasets from many behavioral contexts to give the AI ​​algorithm, which in a purposeful manner, can find different correlations between different hand signals,” he said.

Cohen-Bodenus says his research goal Animal communication performance and their inherent sensory mechanisms to achieve more insight.

“This is a way to better assess their welfare, understand their needs better and improve their safety.”

AI limit

Yovail says AI is a powerful tool but has shortcomings.

When researchers consider the meaning and context of their findings, they say they based on human comments, which may be limited or wrong.

Yovail believes that humans may be able to communicate with animals, but they suspect that AI can be used in a tool or algorithm that will allow them to interact.

Human communication is complex and allows people to discuss a wide range of subjects, and Yovale suspects are complicated as animal communication systems.

“We have this language, which is extremely complex, and it seems to be standing out of other animal communication systems,” he said.

To understand whether the human language system is standing out and how, Yovail says that humans need better understanding of nature.

“The more we study, the more we appreciate animal complexity, I think it is one of the main goals of this award.”