26:30 Brings up progress traps of this new technology

26:48

question How do we shift our (human being's) relationship with the rest of nature

27:00

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

32:54

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

34:54

species have culture - Marine mammals enact behavior similar to humans

• Unknown unknowns will likely move to known unknowns and to some known knowns

36:29

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

41:56

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

43:00

progress trap - AI for interspecies communications - examples - examples - poachers or eco tourism can misuse

44:08

progress trap - AI for interspecies communications - policy

45:16

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

50:35

environmental regulation - overhaul for the next century - instead of - treatment, we now have the data tools for - prevention

56:40 - ecological relationship - pollinators and plants have co-evolved

1:00:26

AI for interspecies communication - example - human cultural evolution controlling evolution of life on earth

• for: interspecies communications, animal consciousness, animal consciousness - octopus

• summary

  • Dr. David Edelman presents on the subject of the natural history of the awareness of the octopus
  • The octopus is one of the most complex of invertebrates and its study can give clues about how sensory awareness and consciousness developed in animals

• for: perspectival knowing, example - perspectival knowing, situatedness, example - situatedness, interspecies communication - perspectival knowing

• comment

  • situated within our own species, we are interpreting the signs from other species from OUR HUMAN PERSPECTIVE
  • this requires deep unpacking and brings up deep philosophical questions about what it means to be a species X
  • what's it like to be a bat? Unless we have the bat's physiology, neural structure, etc, how could we ever know how to interpret how a bat experiences reality?

• reference

  • what's it like to be a bat?
    • https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Nagel_Bat.pdf

• for: interspecies communication

• paraphrase

• question
  • can a generative model interact meaningfully with an other species?
  • can other species respond in meaningful ways?
  • playing back AI trained generative vocal signals back to specific species and monitoring behavior

• for: quote, quote - ESP, quote - interspecies communication, quote - Katie Zacarian, interspecies communication, reconnecting with nature, Stop Reset Go

• quote

  • this Earth shot as we call it that we're aiming for at Earth species project is for
    • machine learning to decode non-human communication and then
    • that new knowledge and understanding that results from that would RESET our relationship with the rest of Nature
  • and you know this is a to me a really compelling as a potential unlock in addressing the
    • biodiversity and
    • climate crisis
  • that we're saying to help us find new ways to Coexist on the planet with other species

• for: interspecies communication, interspecies conversations, ESP, Earth Species Project,