Artificial Intelligence As A Universal Translator: How A Company Plans To Decipher The Mysterious Language Of Dolphins

Science Editor
Jul 22, 2017 · 1 min read

There have been quite a few articles about Swedish startup Gavagai AB lately. The language technology company is marketing its solutions for insight, analytics and markets research — all based on Artificial Intelligence. The AI has already mastered more than 40 human languages and the company is now looking for a more exotic kind of challenge.

Using an analysis software tool to analyze text is one thing, but trying to become a leading candidate for a Star Trek inspired Translator by learning the language of marine mammals is another dimension. Yes, that’s correct, Dolphins are next on the list in an attempt to show that the implications of having such an AI at our disposal reach as deep as the ocean and as far as space exploration might ever take us…

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