Swedish Startup Uses AI to Figure Out What Dolphins Talk About
Swedish Startup Uses AI to Figure Out What Dolphins Talk
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Gavagai testing software on dolphins in 4-year project
Ultimate goal is to talk to the aquatic mammals, CEO says
by Kim McLaughlin April 26, 2017, 4:42 AM PDT
After mastering 40 human languages, a Swedish startup has
turned to dolphins, hoping to use its language-analysis software to unlock the
secrets of communication employed by the aquatic mammals.
Using technology from artificial intelligence
language-analysis company Gavagai AB, researchers from Sweden’s KTH Royal
Institute of Technology will begin compiling a dolphin-language dictionary. The
software will monitor captive bottlenose dolphins at a wildlife park about 90
miles south of Stockholm, the company said in an emailed statement Wednesday.
“We hope to be able to understand dolphins with the help
of artificial intelligence technology," Jussi Karlgren, an adjunct
professor of language technology at KTH and co-founder of Gavagai, said in the
statement. “We know that dolphins have a complex communication system, but we
don’t know what they are talking about yet.”
Tech giants such as Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc. are
using AI and machine learning -- essentially getting computers to act without
being programmed for specific new tasks -- to deliver goods more quickly,
interact with customers faster and create new tools at an increasingly rapid
rate. Changes ushered in by AI will help companies that embrace them and put up
barriers for those that don’t, Amazon Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos said
in his annual shareholder letter earlier this month.
The dolphin project -- a planned four-year effort -- came
about because Gavagai’s software has proven capable in real-life, natural
language processing, CEO Lars Hamberg said by phone. Although there is no
immediate business purpose, the research on dolphins will help the company
sharpen its tool for other tasks, he said.
With new recording methods and larger resources for
computation, more dolphin data is available, which is why Hamberg is confident
Gavagai will unlock their dictionary and ultimately communicate with the
animals, he said.
For decades, the U.S. Navy has used marine mammals such
as dolphins and sea lions to carry out a range of tasks, from locating
underwater mines to harbor defense. The animals are part of the Space and Naval
Warfare Systems Center Pacific, located in San Diego, California.
Gavagai has spent about $10 million over the past few
years developing its language AI machine, Hamberg said. The company’s customers
include WPP Group Plc’s market research company Kantar, SAS Institute Inc. and
Nielsen Holdings Plc.
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