A cutting-edge tech company is leveraging the power of artificial intelligence to decode the hidden meaning behind people’s beloved pet “purrs” and “barking.”
Baidu, the tech giant behind China’s largest search engine, filed a breakthrough patent this week revealing its ambitious vision to convert animal sounds into understandable words using data-driven analytics and advanced AI technology. According to Sky News.
A Baidu spokesperson told CGTN News. “At present, it is still in the research stage.”
The system is designed to collect various animal data sounds, behavioral patterns and physiological signals – the system will be integrated and analyzed by AI-Drive engines to identify the emotional state of animals.
From there, the system will match the animal’s emotions to the meaning and turn it into human language, giving a clearer understanding of what the pet is trying to express.
The company said in the documentation that the system will allow for “deeper emotional communication and understanding between animals and humans, thereby improving the accuracy and efficiency of cross-species communication.”
Baidu is one of the first companies in China to make large-scale investments in AI after Openai launched Chatgpt in 2022.
Apart from China, several countries around the world have been actively translating animal voices, and this topic has been fascinating for many years.
A cutting-edge Chinese tech company is using artificial intelligence to create a system that helps curious pet owners decode the hidden meaning behind their beloved animal sounds
Baidu, the tech giant behind China’s largest search engine, filed a groundbreaking patent with China’s National Intellectual Property Administration this week, revealing its ambitious vision to convert animal sounds into easily understandable animal sounds using data-driven analytics and advanced AI technology.
The system is designed to collect a wide range of animal data sounds, behavioral patterns and physiological signals – the system will be integrated and analyzed through the AI-Drive engine to identify the emotional state of animals
But only with the latest advancements in technology can animal owners begin to be excited about what their pets are trying to convey.
On social media, videos show dogs using buttons (called Enhancement and Alternative Communications (AAC) boards) to communicate with their owners are often popular.
Whether these dogs are actually communicating remains a topic of debate, with scientists at San Diego doing a study of 2,000 dogs to help solve the problem.
Last month, scientists revealed that AI could soon enable humans to communicate with dolphins.
The new model created by Google may reveal the secrets behind how animals communicate for the first time and hopefully we can “talk about dolphins” in the future.
Google Deepmind’s dolphins have been programmed with the world’s largest dolphin sounds, including clicks, whistles and sounds recorded by the Wild Dolphin Project over the years.
Dr. Denize Herzing, founder and research director of the Wild Dolphin Project, told telegraph:’We don’t know if animals have words.”
“Dolphins can recognize themselves in the mirror, use tools, they are smart, but language is still the last obstacle, so if there are patterns, subtleties that humans can’t pick, feeding the dolphin’s sound into the AI model will make us look really good.”
The system will then match the animal’s emotions to the meaning and turn it into human language, thus giving a clearer understanding of what the pet is trying to express
The company said in the filing that the system will allow for “deeper emotional communication and understanding between animals and humans, improving the accuracy and efficiency of cross-species communication”
Last month, scientists revealed that AI could soon enable humans to communicate with dolphins through a new model created by Google, which is programmed with the world’s largest dolphin sounds, including clicks, whistles and sounds, which have been recorded by the Wild Dolphin Project for several years.
‘The goal one day is to “talk the dolphins.”
The model will search for sounds linked to behavior to try to find sequences that may indicate language.
“The model could help researchers discover hidden structures and potential implications in dolphins’ natural communication, a task that previously required a lot of human efforts,” Google Deep Mind Scientist said.
“We’re just beginning to understand patterns in sound.”
