A Rosetta Stone for interspecies communication is almost ready (and AI will make it possible)
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2024 5:22 am
New technologies contain possibilities that were absolutely unthinkable until recently (if at all possible, they were only possible in the realm of science fiction). However, technology is advancing by leaps and bounds and with its help we could be at the door to communication between species. This was predicted last Saturday at the DLD conference by Karen Bakker, professor at the University of British Columbia, and Michael John Gorman, founder and director of BIOTOPIA.
In his conversation with Gorman Bakker, he list of singapore cell phone numbers explained the important role of sounds in nature and what humans can learn from them. Sounds that microphones in the Amazon rainforest or Antarctica capture and record for posterity. These microphones, which are part of a project Bakker calls “Sound of Nature ,” also capture sounds that are completely inaudible to the human ear.
During her presentation, Bakker shared with the audience at DLD a recording of the sounds made by a bat to emphasize that animals have their own language, individual names, and many other personality traits that we normally associate with humans. “Bats are similar to humans in many ways,” she emphasized.
Even animals without eyes or ears are capable of generating sounds, as state-of-the-art microphones have shown. Corals also produce sounds and are able to hear, Bakker emphasised. These marine organisms can not only hear the sound of the sea but also rely on it to orient themselves in the depths and to a certain extent know where they are going. Until recently, it was thought that corals had no control over their habitat, he said.
In his conversation with Gorman Bakker, he list of singapore cell phone numbers explained the important role of sounds in nature and what humans can learn from them. Sounds that microphones in the Amazon rainforest or Antarctica capture and record for posterity. These microphones, which are part of a project Bakker calls “Sound of Nature ,” also capture sounds that are completely inaudible to the human ear.
During her presentation, Bakker shared with the audience at DLD a recording of the sounds made by a bat to emphasize that animals have their own language, individual names, and many other personality traits that we normally associate with humans. “Bats are similar to humans in many ways,” she emphasized.
Even animals without eyes or ears are capable of generating sounds, as state-of-the-art microphones have shown. Corals also produce sounds and are able to hear, Bakker emphasised. These marine organisms can not only hear the sound of the sea but also rely on it to orient themselves in the depths and to a certain extent know where they are going. Until recently, it was thought that corals had no control over their habitat, he said.