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I think most animals are smarter than we give them credit for. What about you?

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>All known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the second most frequent, three times as frequent as the third, and so on. This is known as Zipf’s law. Researchers have hunted for evidence of this pattern in communication among other species, but until now no other examples have been found. In new research published today in Science, our team of experts in whale song, linguistics and developmental psychology analysed eight years’ of song recordings from humpback whales in New Caledonia. Led by Inbal Arnon from the Hebrew University, Ellen Garland from the University of St Andrews, and Simon Kirby from the University of Edinburgh, We used techniques inspired by the way human infants learn language to analyse humpback whale song.

I think *most* animals are smarter than we give them credit for. What about you? Archive: https://archive.today/538Qd From the post: >>All known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the second most frequent, three times as frequent as the third, and so on. This is known as Zipf’s law. Researchers have hunted for evidence of this pattern in communication among other species, but until now no other examples have been found. In new research published today in Science, our team of experts in whale song, linguistics and developmental psychology analysed eight years’ of song recordings from humpback whales in New Caledonia. Led by Inbal Arnon from the Hebrew University, Ellen Garland from the University of St Andrews, and Simon Kirby from the University of Edinburgh, We used techniques inspired by the way human infants learn language to analyse humpback whale song.
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Maybe AI can figure out their language, and we can talk to them, and teach them to identify nip ships and stay away from them so they don't get hunted. And also teach them to identify Somalian pirates and sink them.

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A project a month or two ago said they basically have figured (some) of it out.

It's just a matter of time at this point. Eventually you will be able to "talk" to almost any animal. For better or worse.

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That will be hilarious when we let them know that some retarded humans think men can be women. I would be interested to hear from different animals, and hear them describe what they register in their senses when they see a nigger and instantly get aggressive.

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Communication will be basic at first but the most chilling thing will be when your Dog/Cat/Etc.

Tells you in their own "voice" "DO NOT TRUST THEM, THEY ARE BAD". I already trust them when I see how they act but imagine that coming directly from them. Knowing that you can understand more than you ever could before.