Can AI Talk To Whales? | Project CETI Founder David Gruber

The real reason AI was given to humans is to communicate with animals, according to David Gruber. A marine biologist and National Geographic Explorer, he is the founder of Project CETI, a global effort of more than 50 scientists across eight disciplines working to decode the communication of sperm whales. In this episode of Forecast 2050, I sit down with David to discuss the prospect of an interspecies dialogue and the seismic implications it will have for all of us, whales included.

Extended Show Notes: https://finnmurphyirl.substack.com/p/can-ai-talk-to-whales-project-ceti

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

01:48 David's Journey

12:30 An Interspecies Dialogue

17:14 Sperm Whale Language & Culture

23:48 The Breakthroughs Yet to Come

27:49 The Whales Are Yappers

31:03 Sperm Whales Have Accents

39:47 Verifying a Whale Translation

42:13 What Success Looks Like

47:32 Saving the Whales

David Gruber is a marine biologist and National Geographic Explorer who founded Project CETI, a team of more than 50 scientists using AI to decode how sperm whales communicate.

David on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-gruber-b003871/

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Project CETI on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/projectceti/

Project CETI Website: https://www.projectceti.org/

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