Scientists Have Reported a Breakthrough In Understanding Whale Language::Researchers have identified new elements of whale vocalizations that they propose are analogous to human speech, including vowels and pitch.
Sokath, his eyes uncovered.
Temba. His arms wide.
Kadir beneath Mo Moteh.
I’m too drunk to taste this chicken
Not only did the AI predict elements of whale vocalizations already thought to be meaningful, such as clicks, but it also singled out acoustic properties.
This is an amazing use of machine learning models.
Can’t wait for th to tell us to stop being fuckheads and ruining the planet
“end capitalism”
“the whales are communists, kill them all”
we already are lol
“So long and thanks for all the fish”
Imagine if we managed to make a translator for the speech of an animal, knowing what they say and being able to say something back. Literally speaking with animals. That would have been so amazing and revolutionizing.
“Do you think the human chattering means anything?”
First translation
Here is an elephant translator:
https://www.helloinelephant.com/
I dont think its great or anything, a bit of a gimmick. Really, the most decoded animal language is probably prairie dogs, but I’ve not heard of anyone trying to make a translator for it.
So what I’m hearing is they can literally talk to each other in a way that we do and we still kill them constantly.
We kill humans constantly too, and we probably obliterated the rest of the hominins also. I’m just saying we have a chequered track record.
Are we the baddies?
While I always love a Mitchell and Webb reference, I can say I don’t think so. I think the book Humanity by Rutger Bregman is a good reminder that we are mostly good.
Agreed. It’s just that it’s really easy for a small amount of people to do a lot of bad things. It’s hard to maintain, harder to build, and easy to destroy.
However take in context that it’s written by a human. Of course we will say we’re mostly good. If Pol Pot wrote a book about Pol Pot he’d probably say he was mostly good too.
I share this understanding with you and this is why I say that AI will absolutely kill us because that is what we would do. It’s trained on our data afterall.
I guess, but it feels to me like wiping out a species close to our intelligence is worse that killing each other.
They probably have nothing interesting to say anyway. After a year or two all the scientists will be like “I fucking know you like krill, whale. Shut the fuck up about the krill already”.
[Arthur Dent] learned to communicate with birds and discovered that their conversation was fantastically boring. It was all to do with wind speed, wingspans, power-to-weight ratios, and a fair bit about berries.
– Douglas Adams, 'Life, the Universe, and Everything.
I kind of still want to know what I’m sleeping to.
Horny whale noises
“Can I try putting it in your blowhole this time?”
No Frank, idw Whale cum in my lung again.
To a whale, whale cum is just regular cum.
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Oooh, look! The translation’s coming through!!
Thanks… for… all… the…
…
For what? Thanks for all the what?!
Ovaltine
Obama?
“I wish I could speak whale!” - Dory
Oooooooookayyyyyyy
What they’re saying is: “All shall perish” as they proceed to kill people and smash yachts.
Flippity floppity y’all on my property
Gracie is pregnant.
Uh-oh. Risa’s leaking again.
Alameda… Nuclear vessels.
“Wessles.” FTFY
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They’re still using money. We’ve got to get some.
How did you know Gracie’s pregnant? Nobody knows that!
“So Long, and thanks for all the fish”
“Who turned up the heat?”
So just fucking say what it is! We know they’re intelligent. Just tell us how they all think we’re running the planet.
They’ve already dispatched Orcas to send that message. We don’t seem to be getting it.
Realistically, other whales would probably hate orcas, given they hunt whale calves
This statement does not fit my joke.
How can I delete someone else’s comment?
Write a stern letter to the Internet Committee, explaining your grievances. I’m sure they are happy to assist, especially on cases like this one! 👍
You have to type your password into a comment, post it, and then hop on one leg while refreshing lemmy for 10 minutes. After that, it should delete the user’s comment.
“Yoooooooouuuuuuuu guuuuuuuuuuyyyyyyysssss reallllllllllllyyyyyyy suuuuuuuuuuuuccccccckkkkkk. Exccccceeeept Garrrrrrryyyyyyy. Heeeee’sssss niiiiicccceeeeeeeeeooooooooo.” -The Whales probably.
My Avatar whale dream might actually become a reality
Soooo this totally not going to go wrong by the military or a mad scientist?
I feel like I saw this movie.
