00:03It was recently revealed that an AI research team in Singapore is using artificial intelligence
00:08to read minds, using trained algorithms to map out brain responses and having them produce
00:13images based on readings of brain activity.
00:16Now neurobiologists are discussing taking this concept even further and using a chat
00:20GPT-like AI program to talk to animals.
00:23In a recent current biology essay, they outlined what they call the Dr. Dolittle Challenge,
00:27or three things an AI would have to do in order to communicate with another species.
00:32First, it would have to be able to use the language of whatever species you're trying
00:35to talk to, meaning it would need to have a large language model that is able to decipher
00:38not only what they are communicating with their vocalizations, but also be able to convert
00:43those back into audio cues of its own manufacture.
00:45The AI would also need to be able to elicit a response from the animals, quote, as if
00:50it were communicating with a conspecific or an animal similar to itself and not a machine.
00:54But perhaps the most difficult item is that the AI would also need to be able to produce
00:58sounds that account for myriad communications.
01:01The neurobiologists say that while it might be easy to produce sounds that relate to alarm
01:05or mating rituals, other social behaviors are not well understood.
01:08For instance, we don't exactly know when creatures are eliciting information from one another,
01:12like asking how they're doing.
01:13In fact, they might not even use language to do so, and they could be using other olfactory
01:18or body language methods instead.
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