This article published by the World Economic Forum delves into the potential of AI analysis of “the vast amounts of animal communication data that is being collected with increasingly sophisticated sensors and recording devices.”
The process “includes analysing large data sets that contain visual, oral and physical animal communications.” “The goal,” according to researchers, “is to determine under what conditions an animal produces a communication signal, how the receiving animal reacts and which signals are relevant to influencing actions.”
To arrive at a richer understanding of animal communication, “AI-powered analysis of animal communication includes data sets of both bioacoustics, the recording of individual organisms, and ecoacoustics, the recording of entire ecosystems, according to experts.”
Importantly:
“There are ethical concerns that researchers are confronting, too. This includes, most notably, the possibility of doing harm by establishing two-way communication channels between humans and animals—or animals and machines.”
Read the full article here.
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