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Brings up progress traps of this new technology
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question
How do we shift our (human being's) relationship with the rest of nature
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metaphor - interspecies communications
- AI can be compared to a new scientific instrument that extends our ability to see
- We may discover that humanity is not the center of the universe
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Question - Dr Doolittle question - Will we be able to talk to the animals?
- Wittgenstein said no
- Human Umwelt is different from others
- but it may very well happen
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species have culture
- Marine mammals enact behavior similar to humans
- Unknown unknowns will likely move to known unknowns and to some known knowns
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citizen science bioacoustic projects - audio moth
- sound invisible to humans
- ultrasonic sound
- intrasonic sound
- example - Amazonian river turtles have been found to have hundreds of unique vocalizations to call their baby turtles to safety out in the ocean
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ocean habitat for whales - they can communicate across the entire ocean of the earth
- They tell of a story of a whale in Bermuda can communicate with a whale in Ireland
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progress trap - AI for interspecies communications - examples
- examples - poachers or eco tourism can misuse
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progress trap - AI for interspecies communications - policy
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whale protection technology
- Kim Davies - University of New Brunswick - aquatic drones
- drones triangulate whales
- ships must not get near 1,000 km of whales to avoid collision
- Canadian government fines are up to 250,000 dollars for violating
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environmental regulation - overhaul for the next century
- instead of
- treatment, we now have the data tools for
- prevention
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- ecological relationship - pollinators and plants have co-evolved
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AI for interspecies communication - example - human cultural evolution controlling evolution of life on earth