Whale-SETI: Groundbreaking Encounter with Humpback Whales Reveals Potential for Non-Human Intelligence Communication

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• happybadger@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  In response to a recorded humpback ‘contact’ call played into the sea via an underwater speaker, a humpback whale named Twain approached and circled the team’s boat, while responding in a conversational style to the whale ‘greeting signal.’ During the 20-minute exchange, Twain responded to each playback call and matched the interval variations between each signal.

  CETI is such a cool project. I wonder how far they’ll be able to get with it.

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  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    So, unlike a lot of crap that it’s being used for these days, this seems like it could be a PERFECT sort of thing to throw LLMs at.

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    • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      LLM?

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• angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m very happy there’s this kind of serious animal language research. I’m wondering, whether SETI is also interested in parrots or elephants.

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• user1234@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Someone has watched Star Trek IV.

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