{"id":263590,"date":"2024-10-31T15:45:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T15:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/31\/are-we-really-ready-for-genuine-communication-with-animals-through-ai\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:39","slug":"are-we-really-ready-for-genuine-communication-with-animals-through-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/31\/are-we-really-ready-for-genuine-communication-with-animals-through-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Are we really ready for genuine communication with animals through AI?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" alt=\"New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29144507\/SEI_227599174.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29144507\/SEI_227599174.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29144507\/SEI_227599174.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29144507\/SEI_227599174.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29144507\/SEI_227599174.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29144507\/SEI_227599174.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29144507\/SEI_227599174.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29144507\/SEI_227599174.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29144507\/SEI_227599174.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29144507\/SEI_227599174.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29144507\/SEI_227599174.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29144507\/SEI_227599174.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29144507\/SEI_227599174.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29144507\/SEI_227599174.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29144507\/SEI_227599174.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29144507\/SEI_227599174.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29144507\/SEI_227599174.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29144507\/SEI_227599174.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29144507\/SEI_227599174.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29144507\/SEI_227599174.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/29144507\/SEI_227599174.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2453882\" data-caption=\"\" data-credit=\"James Blake\/Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit ArticleImageCaption__Credit--NoTitle\">James Blake\/Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>When my ginger rescue cat Marmalade crawls on my lap and meows at me urgently, I often find myself wishing I really knew what was going on inside his head.<\/p>\n<p>It might seem like storybook stuff, but communicating with animals may be closer than we think. Earlier this year, researchers revealed they had discovered that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2429941-sperm-whale-clicks-could-be-the-closest-thing-to-a-human-language-yet\/\">sperm whales<\/a> in the east Caribbean use a phonetic alphabet of 143 combinations of clicks. 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