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Why can't AI understand animals?
AI models struggle with animal communication because they analyse sound properties like pitch or volume, rather than the meaning animals attach to them. A study showed that sounds with similar acoustics don't always mean the same thing, which AI misses. This is a big hurdle for AI trying to interpret complex animal behaviours.
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