Scientists Use AI to Translate Animal Languages 科學家借助人工智能破譯動物語言

Have you ever wondered what animals are talking about？ With the development of AI， we may be able to understand their languages！ All around the animal kingdom， there are sounds that we can hardly pick up and decipher. Elephants， for example， talk with each other using infrasound—far below our human hearing range. Coral in the ocean sends sound waves to attract baby coral to safer areas to grow. This is surprising as coral doesnt have any ears！

After the sounds are recorded， AI can study their meaning. For example， Israeli researchers used AI to translate bats 15，000 calls. They found that more than 60 percent were arguments about three things： food， sleep positions and invasion of personal space.

Hippos fire a tornado of poo to tell other hippos about their territory. Sperm whales use clicking sounds to talk with each other. Asiatic wild dogs whistle to coordinate attacks on other animals much larger than them.

你有沒有想過動物們平時都在聊些什么？隨著人工智能技術的發(fā)展，我們也許能夠聽懂它們的語言！在動物王國里，有很多我們很難聽到和破譯的聲音。大象用遠低于人類聽覺范圍的次聲波交流。海里的珊瑚通過發(fā)出聲波吸引珊瑚寶寶到安全的地方去生長，神奇的是：珊瑚是沒有耳朵的！

這些聲音被記錄后，人工智能技術就可以研究它們的含義。舉個例子：以色列的研究人員借助人工智能技術翻譯了15 000種蝙蝠的聲音，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)超過60%的聲音與食物、睡姿、侵犯領地的爭吵有關。

河馬捍衛(wèi)領地的時候，會用“粑粑龍卷風”嚇跑同類。抹香鯨通過“咔嗒”聲與同類溝通。亞洲野狗通過哨聲召喚同伴，協(xié)同攻擊體型比它們大很多的動物。

Word Bank

invasion /?n've??n/ n. 侵略；侵犯

coordinate /k??'??d?ne?t/ v. 使協(xié)調(diào)；使相配合

They appointed a new manager to coordinate the work of the team.