Earth Species Project Talks to Animals Using AI

The Earth Species Project is using artificial intelligence (AI) to understand how animals communicate. Find out how learning to “talk to the animals” could boost animal conservation and welfare around the world.

Growing up, one of the first movies I remember seeing at our local theatre was Doctor Dolittle. It was a musical starring Rex Harrison as a veterinarian who discovered how communicate with a wide range of animals.

It wasn’t exactly a triumph when it first came out. Critics panned it, and it lost money at the box office during its original theatrical run. However, the song Talk to the Animals by Leslie Bricussebecame a hit, winning the Oscar for best song that year.

That song was playing in my head this week because of new research involving artificial intelligence (AI). Scientists are using AI-based tools to make Dr. Dolittle’s fictional ambition to talk to the animals a reality.

Animals Communicate With One Another and With Humans

People who live closer to animals like indigenous groups and farmers like my ancestors, have always maintained that animals communicate with one another…