Animals can't talk like humans do—here's why the hunt for their languages has left us empty-handed. Story by Anna Jon-And, Johan Lind • 1d.

Researchers are using large language models to decode the communication patterns of animals.

Here’s a classic question: Can animals talk? It’s a question that has fascinated researchers and thinkers of various traditions. Animals and humans have always interpenetrated and shaped each ...

“Why Animals Talk” can be a frustrating book. Kershenbaum often writes in a circular manner — repeating what he has written earlier, in slightly different words, often with some element ...

Expanding the animal AI toolkit. Outside the ocean, researchers are finding that human speech models can be repurposed to decode terrestrial animal signals, too.

If animals could talk, ... But mental illness in animals can also present itself in more dramatic ways. Author Laurel Braitman explores many of these cases in her 2014 book, ...

In “Eavesdropping on Animals: What We Can Learn From Wildlife Conversations,” George Bumann—artist, sculptor and Yellowstone wildlife guide—gently introduces another concept: peaceful ...

Animals can't talk like humans do—here's why the hunt for their languages has left us empty-handed. by Anna Jon-And, Johan Lind, The Conversation.