Project CETI

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Project CETI
Founded2020
TypeNon-profit
FocusUnderstanding the communication of sperm whales
FieldsMarine Biology, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Linguistics
Lead
 David Gruber
Website www.projectceti.org

Project CETI is an international initiative to understand the acoustic communication of sperm whales using advances in artificial intelligence. [1] [2] The project has an interdisciplinary scientific board including marine biologists, artificial intelligence researchers, roboticists, theoretical computer scientists, and linguists. Its name, Cetacean Translation Initiative, [3] is a reference to the SETI Institute. [4] The project has a base on the island of Dominica where recordings are being collected. [5] Off the coast of Alaska, CETI succeeded in the first intentional human-whale interaction in humpback whale "language". [6] [7] The organization has been selected as a TED Audacious Project. [8] CETI researchers have identified 156 distinct codas and their basic components, a "sperm whale phonetic alphabet" much like phonemes. [9]

In the sperm whale's head, the organs above the jaw are devoted to sound generation Sperm whale head anatomy (transverse + sagittal).svg
In the sperm whale's head, the organs above the jaw are devoted to sound generation
Dominica is an island nation in the Eastern Caribbean Sea located between Guadeloupe and Martinique Lesser Antilles 250m.jpg
Dominica is an island nation in the Eastern Caribbean Sea located between Guadeloupe and Martinique

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References

  1. ↑ Welch, Craig (April 19, 2021). "Groundbreaking effort launched to decode whale language". NGS. National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  2. ↑ Anthes, Emily (August 30, 2022). "The Animal Translators". The New York Times . Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  3. ↑ Are We on the Verge of Chatting with Whales? Christoph Droesser, Hakai, October 26, 2021
  4. ↑ Kolbert, Elizabeth (September 4, 2023). "Can We Talk to Whales?". The New Yorker. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  5. ↑ Andreas J, Beguš G, Bronstein MM, Diamant R, Delaney D, Gero S; et al. (2022). "Toward understanding the communication in sperm whales". iScience. 25 (6): 104393. Bibcode:2022iSci...25j4393A. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2022.104393. PMC   9160774 . PMID   35663036.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ Latham, Katherine (10 April 2024). "The scientists learning to speak whale". BBC News.
  7. ↑ "Listen to world's first 'chat' between humans and whales". BBC News.
  8. ↑ "The Audacious Project: Project CETI". www.audaciousproject.org. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  9. ↑ The sperm whale 'phonetic alphabet' revealed by AI BBC News, Katherine Latham and Anna Bressanin, 11 July 2024
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