00:00interspecies conversation will ai make it possible a bridge between worlds can you imagine talking
00:07to a dolphin or understanding a bonobo's language for a long time this was just a dream but advances
00:14in artificial intelligence and biology are bringing us closer to a future where interspecies
00:19communication is more than just fantasy science has shown that animals communicate in ways far
00:25more complex than we ever thought from the forests of the congo to the depths of the ocean experts are
00:32discovering features that were until recently believed to be exclusive to human language bonobos
00:38for example combine yelp and grunt calls to say something like look at what i'm doing and let's
00:44do it together this is similar to how humans combine words to create phrases with new meanings
00:50birds like the japanese tit also combine alert and recruitment calls in a specific order
00:57and sperm whales have a phonetic alphabet of clicks that form codas resembling the vowels in our
01:02language this is where artificial intelligence changes the game manually deciphering these complex
01:09communications is slow but a i can quickly analyze and translate animal sounds revealing patterns that
01:17humans can't easily detect this technology not only allows us to listen but also brings us closer to
01:24the possibility of talking back to them scientists are already using generative ai to mimic the sounds
01:32of whales it's a crucial step toward understanding if we can create signals that animals recognize and
01:37respond to however the path to a true conversation with animals is complex although they have impressive
01:44communication skills they lack key elements of human language such as productivity the ability to create
01:51and understand sentences that have never been spoken before or recursion which is the possibility of
01:59nesting phrases within each other to create deeper meaning so even though artificial intelligence is
02:05accelerating our understanding of animal communication the path to a real-life dr dolittle is still long
02:12we don't yet know if we'll discover a complete language but with ai as our guide we are listening more
02:19more intently than ever before money explainers
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