Scientists Use AI to Translate Animal Languages 科学家借助人工智能破译动物语言

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 doesn’t 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.

你有没有想过动物们平时都在聊些什么？随着人工智能技术的发展，我们也许能够听懂它们的语言！在动物王国里，有很多我们很难听到和破译的声音。大象用远低于人类听觉范围的次声波交流。海里的珊瑚通过发出声波吸引珊瑚宝宝到安全的地方去生长，神奇的是：珊瑚是没有耳朵的！

这些声音被记录后，人工智能技术就可以研究它们的含义。举个例子：以色列的研究人员借助人工智能技术翻译了15 000种蝙蝠的声音，他们发现超过60%的声音与食物、睡姿、侵犯领地的争吵有关。

河马捍卫领地的时候，会用“粑粑龙卷风”吓跑同类。抹香鲸通过“咔嗒”声与同类沟通。亚洲野狗通过哨声召唤同伴，协同攻击体型比它们大很多的动物。

Word Bank

invasion /ɪn'veɪʒn/ n. 侵略；侵犯

coordinate /kəʊ'ɔːdɪneɪt/ v. 使协调；使相配合

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