Animals are communicating — but what are they saying? And can we talk back? Marine biologist David Gruber introduces Project CETI: a team of scientists, linguists and AI specialists hoping to decode sperm whale language. Using noninvasive robots and a machine-learning algorithm to collect and analyze millions of sperm whale vocalizations known as coda, the team aims to demystify the communication structures and dialects of these majestic creatures — and possibly even crack the interspecies communication code. (This ambitious plan is a part of the Audacious Project, TED’s initiative to inspire and fund global change.)
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Somehow I get the feeling that this would not be to the sperm whales’ advantage …
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Not if history is our guide… but I think we will be surprised by their point of view.
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First thing they did with dolphins was to train them to put underwater bombs on ships. Humans are kind of sick in their heads (not all of them, of course).
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I was amused by the pod of Killer Whales who were redirecting yachts out of the Med last Summer!
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I just read up on it. First I thought that maybe they were mistaking the boats for white sharks, but I doubt it, they would notice that those weren’t living beings, wouldn’t they. After reading more I tend to believe that it started when people tried to get too close to the orcas, that the animals felt threatened and defended themselves and later on maybe preventive action … ??? Interesting also the fact that they did not attack boats larger than they could take on.
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