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Why humans can't use natural language processing to speak with the animals | Engadget (www.engadget.com)

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We’ve already got machine-learning and NLP that can translate speech into any number of languages.

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[–] Ferk@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Its not about wanting to keep an engaging and intelligent conversation with a bird. But about being able to understand what goes through the animals head, and that's not something easy. You'd need a lot of time and dedication with an animal to get even close to understanding what it actually wants. Specially the more unfamiliar you are with its species. I've seen some cat owners think that when cats slowly wiggle their tails it means they're happy.....