{"id":25042,"date":"2026-09-22T12:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/using-ai-to-talk-to-animals-might-make-us-feel-clever-but-what-if-anything-does-it-do-for-them\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T12:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:37:19","slug":"using-ai-to-talk-to-animals-might-make-us-feel-clever-but-what-if-anything-does-it-do-for-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/using-ai-to-talk-to-animals-might-make-us-feel-clever-but-what-if-anything-does-it-do-for-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Using AI to \u2018talk to animals\u2019 might make us feel clever \u2013 but what, if anything, does it do for them?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As animal behaviorists increasingly use AI in their research, they grapple with how to wield the technology responsibly<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sitting in a small boat in Shark Bay, Australia, eavesdropping on a conversation between some of Earth\u2019s most intelligent beings. The motor is off, the turquoise sea is glassy, and Stephanie King and I are motionless, transfixed by the whistles, clicks and squeezy, whirring noises made by the dolphins swimming below us.<\/p>\n<p>If anyone could tell me what these big-brained social mammals are saying, it would be her. Based at the University of Bristol, she co-leads <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharkbaydolphins.org\/\">Shark Bay Dolphin Research<\/a>, one of the longest-running wild dolphin research projects in the world. She has spent thousands of hours watching and listening to this population.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/ng-interactive\/2026\/sep\/22\/animal-language-recordings-ai\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c6ec941fee06ab9419f77679db3e173895811b18\/0_470_2400_1919\/master\/2400.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a04155302aa5d1484fb8428642de188d\" title=\"Using AI to \u2018talk to animals\u2019 might make us feel clever \u2013 but what, if anything, does it do for them?\" \/>As animal behaviorists increasingly use AI in their research, they grapple with how to wield the technology responsibly<br \/>\nI\u2019m sitting in a small boat in Shark Bay, Australia, eavesdropping on a conversation between some of Earth\u2019s most intelligent beings. The motor is off, the turquoise sea is glassy, and Stephanie King and I are motionless, transfixed by the whistles, clicks and squeezy, whirring noises made by the dolphins swimming below us.<br \/>\nIf anyone could tell me what these big-brained social mammals are saying, it would be her. Based at the University of Bristol, she co-leads Shark Bay Dolphin Research, one of the longest-running wild dolphin research projects in the world. She has spent thousands of hours watching and listening to this population. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As animal behaviorists increasingly use AI in their research, they grapple with how to wield the technology responsibly I\u2019m sitting in a small boat in Shark Bay, Australia, eavesdropping on a conversation between some of Earth\u2019s most intelligent beings. The motor is off, the turquoise sea is glassy, and Stephanie King and I are motionless, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/using-ai-to-talk-to-animals-might-make-us-feel-clever-but-what-if-anything-does-it-do-for-them\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Using AI to \u2018talk to animals\u2019 might make us feel clever \u2013 but what, if anything, does it do for them?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25042"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}