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science@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Scientists Discover a 'Phonetic Alphabet' Used by Sperm Whales, Moving One Step Closer to Decoding Their Chatter

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Scientists Discover a 'Phonetic Alphabet' Used by Sperm Whales, Moving One Step Closer to Decoding Their Chatter

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science@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Researchers used artificial intelligence to spot patterns in recordings of the marine mammals' vocalizations, uncovering the "building blocks of whale language"

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  Would you mind giving examples of these “alien” conversations?
  
  I don’t think I’ll read this book, so I don’t mind if there are spoilers…
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      Understood. Very interesting! Thanks!

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