Hacker NewsApr 3, 2025

Bonobos' calls may be the closest thing to animal language we've seen

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/bonobos-calls-may-be-the-closest-thing-to-animal-language-weve-seen/

#HackerNews #Bonobos #AnimalLanguage #AnimalCommunication #WildlifeResearch #Linguistics

Bonobos’ calls may be the closest thing to animal language we’ve seen

300 aspects of each call were cataloged, letting researchers estimate meaning.

Ars Technica
TarrahDec 11, 2023
Breakthrough in understanding whale language https://boingboing.net/2023/12/08/breakthrough-in-understanding-whale-language.html   #launguage #whales #globalcommunication #animals #marinebiology #fish #ocean #whalesrunsocialmedianow #whalesong #songofthedeep #bigbluewetthing #deepbluewetthing #treasureisland #boating #snorkling #scubadiving #spearmwhales #whalers #animalscience #animalscantalk #animallanguage #news #breakthrough #science #biology #world #global 🌅🐳🐋🌊🐳
Breakthrough in understanding whale language | Boing Boing

US Berkeley researchers used artificial intelligence to determine that some of the clicks used by whales to communicate are “on many levels analogous to human vowels and dipthongs,” the…

Boing Boing
AnnieDec 8, 2023

Cautious closeness

#FensterFreitag #Fridog #Dogs #AnimalLanguage #DailyLife

Quaker Concern for AnimalsMay 3, 2023
Fascinating account of how #machinelearning is helping us learn the languages of other species… #animallanguage https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0017khn?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
The Dolittle Machine - BBC Sounds

Writer Matthew De Abaitua tries to build a machine that will let him talk with animals.

BBC
Animal Cognition Project 🇨🇦Jan 1, 2023

Using language models to help decrypt the songs of whales and dolphins.

I'll have more to say about this topic in the future.

https://www.iflscience.com/can-ai-help-us-talk-to-animals-66871

#AI #languagemodels #whales #dolphins #animallanguage #animalcommunication #projectCETI #wilddolphinproject

Can AI Help Us Talk To Animals?

Dr Dolittle, who?

IFLScience
Show threadDyedushka VassiliNov 28, 2022
@ford_taunus @cheerfulmadness That should be of interest to your discussion https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/180894-the-evolution-of-killer-whale-dialects #orca #language #animallanguage #animals
The evolution of killer whale dialects | Dialect evolution Project | Results in brief | FP7 | CORDIS | European Commission

A new study has revealed that killer whale dialects evolve in much the same way as human language, and as such represent a form of animal...

CORDIS | European Commission