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.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

LLM?

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Large language models. Otherwise (generally) known as machine learning or neural networks

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months 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.

[–] user1234@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Someone has watched Star Trek IV.