What Are Sperm Whales Saying? Researchers Find A Complex 'Alphabet' - podcast episode cover

What Are Sperm Whales Saying? Researchers Find A Complex 'Alphabet'

May 20, 202414 minEp 1064Transcript available on Metacast
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Scientists are testing the limits of artificial intelligence when it comes to language learning. One recent challenge? Learning ... whale! Researchers are using machine learning to analyze and decode whale sounds — and it's just as complicated as it seems.

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