{"id":12872,"date":"2024-06-13T19:35:04","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T19:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/?p=12872"},"modified":"2024-06-17T13:29:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T13:29:11","slug":"researchers-use-ai-to-explore-how-elephants-communicate-by-name-like-people-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/da\/2024\/06\/researchers-use-ai-to-explore-how-elephants-communicate-by-name-like-people-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Forskere bruger AI til at unders\u00f8ge, hvordan elefanter kommunikerer med navn, ligesom mennesker g\u00f8r"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Forskere brugte AI til at opdage, at afrikanske elefanter bruger unikke vokaliseringer, der ligner navne, til at kalde p\u00e5 og identificere specifikke medlemmer af deres flok.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Den <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41559-024-02420-w\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">unders\u00f8gelse<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Den nye unders\u00f8gelse, som er offentliggjort i tidsskriftet Nature Ecology and Evolution, viser, at elefanter besidder komplekse kommunikationsevner, som man tidligere troede var forbeholdt mennesker og nogle f\u00e5 andre arter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Det f\u00e6lles forskerhold, der best\u00e5r af eksperter fra Colorado State University (CSU), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.savetheelephants.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red elefanterne<\/a>og <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elephantvoices.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ElephantVoices<\/a>brugte maskinl\u00e6ringsteknikker (ML) til at analysere elefantopkald optaget over fire \u00e5r i Kenya.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ved at tr\u00e6ne deres AI-model p\u00e5 disse vokaliseringer bekr\u00e6ftede forskerne, at kaldene indeholdt forskellige komponenter, der fungerede som navne p\u00e5 individuelle elefanter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her er, hvordan unders\u00f8gelsen fungerede i fire trin:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forskerne indsamlede ca. 470 elefantkald fra 101 unikke kaldere og 117 modtagere i Samburu National Reserve og Amboseli National Park.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Der blev udviklet maskinl\u00e6ringsalgoritmer til at opdage subtile forskelle i kaldstrukturen og identificere den tilsigtede modtager baseret p\u00e5 akustiske tr\u00e6k alene.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N\u00e5r de optagede kald blev afspillet, udviste elefanterne st\u00e6rke positive reaktioner p\u00e5 kald, der var specifikt rettet mod dem, mens de reagerede mindre p\u00e5 kald, der var beregnet til andre.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unders\u00f8gelsen strakte sig over fire \u00e5r, herunder 14 m\u00e5neders intensivt feltarbejde i Kenya, hvor forskerne fulgte elefanterne i k\u00f8ret\u00f8jer og optog deres lyde.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CSU-forskere har kaldt elefanter ved deres navne, og elefanterne har kaldt tilbage \ud83d\udc18.<\/p>\n<p>Et banebrydende studie fra <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WarnerCollege?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WarnerCollege<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ste_kenya?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ste_kenya<\/a> og <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elephantvoices?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elephantvoices<\/a> afsl\u00f8rede, at vilde afrikanske elefanter tiltaler hinanden med navnelignende kald, en sj\u00e6lden evne blandt ikke-menneskelige dyr. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lMhmI0TBKs\">pic.twitter.com\/lMhmI0TBKs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>- Colorado State University (@ColoradoStateU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColoradoStateU\/status\/1800644195780051261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">11. juni 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hovedforfatter Michael Pardo <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/elephant-communication-ai-26289\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">forklaret<\/span><\/a> en af unders\u00f8gelsens mest sp\u00e6ndende opdagelser<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Delfiner og papeg\u00f8jer kalder hinanden ved 'navn' ved at efterligne modtagerens signaturkald. Derimod tyder vores data p\u00e5, at elefanter ikke er afh\u00e6ngige af at efterligne modtagerens kald for at tiltale hinanden, hvilket er mere lig den m\u00e5de, menneskelige navne fungerer p\u00e5.\"<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">I menneskelig kommunikation bruger vi vilk\u00e5rlige ord (navne) til at referere til specifikke personer. Disse navne lyder ikke n\u00f8dvendigvis som den person, de refererer til, eller beskriver deres egenskaber.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">For eksempel lyder navnet \"John\" ikke i sig selv som personen John eller beskriver hans udseende. I stedet er det en vilk\u00e5rlig betegnelse, som vi er blevet enige om at bruge til at referere til det specifikke individ. Det er en us\u00e6dvanlig adf\u00e6rd, som vi tager for givet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">P\u00e5 samme m\u00e5de som mennesker kommunikerer ved hj\u00e6lp af navne, tyder denne unders\u00f8gelse p\u00e5, at elefanter bruger forskellige vokaliseringer som \"navne\" for specifikke flokmedlemmer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">Det afg\u00f8rende er, at disse vokaliseringer ikke ser ud til at v\u00e6re efterligninger af lydene fra den person, der tales til, hvilket adskiller sig fra, hvordan delfiner, papeg\u00f8jer og andre h\u00f8jt intelligente dyr kommunikerer.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CSU-unders\u00f8gelse viser, at elefanter har navne som mennesker\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pSdfv9uWdCg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Hvorfor elefanters og menneskers kommunikation ligner hinanden<\/h2>\n<p>George Wittemyer, professor p\u00e5 CSU, <a href=\"https:\/\/warnercnr.source.colostate.edu\/elephants-have-names-like-people\/\">beskrevet i et blogindl\u00e6g fra Colorado State University<\/a> hvordan dette studie illustrerer elefanters evne til abstrakt t\u00e6nkning og kommunikation.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Det er sandsynligvis et tilf\u00e6lde, hvor vi har lignende pres, hovedsageligt fra komplekse sociale interaktioner. Det er en af de sp\u00e6ndende ting ved denne unders\u00f8gelse; den giver os en vis indsigt i mulige \u00e5rsager til, at vi har udviklet disse evner.\"<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mennesker har mere til f\u00e6lles med fjerne arter, end videnskaben engang troede. Det er en debat, der g\u00e5r \u00e5rhundreder tilbage. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Da Charles Darwin fremsatte sin evolutionsteori, afviste kritikere p\u00e5 det kraftigste hans sammenligninger mellem 'menneske og dyr'. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Darwins kritikere kritiserede ideen om 'f\u00e6lles afstamning' og h\u00e6vdede, at mennesker og dyr ikke havde meget til f\u00e6lles og udviklede sig forskelligt. Is\u00e6r sproget blev anset for at v\u00e6re meget specielt for mennesker.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friederich Max M\u00fcller, professor i lingvistik ved Oxford University, sagde engang <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oneglyph.com\/music-as-an-evolutionary-adaption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">protesterede som bekendt<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \"Sproget er den Rubicon, der skiller mennesket fra dyret, og intet dyr vil nogensinde krydse den ... sprogvidenskaben vil endnu g\u00f8re det muligt for os at modst\u00e5 darwinisternes ekstreme teorier og tr\u00e6kke en h\u00e5rd og fast linje mellem mennesket og dyret.\"<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I mods\u00e6tning til M\u00fcller og Darwins andre kritikere har vi nu st\u00e6rke beviser for, at menneskers og dyrs kommunikation hos nogle arter ligner hinanden p\u00e5 m\u00e5der, der ikke blot er tilf\u00e6ldige.<\/p>\n<p>I stedet har mennesker og andre dyr sandsynligvis udviklet komplekse, men lignende former for avanceret kommunikation p\u00e5 grund af deres adaptive v\u00e6rdi i forhold til at navigere i sociale interaktioner og forbedre overlevelsen.<\/p>\n<p>N\u00e5r vi forts\u00e6tter med at udforske dyrenes kommunikative evner, vil vi m\u00e5ske finde endnu flere beviser, der udvisker de engang s\u00e5 tydelige gr\u00e6nser mellem menneskers og dyrs kommunikation og kaster lys over vores f\u00e6lles evolution\u00e6re historie.<\/p>\n<h2>De praktiske konsekvenser af kommunikation mellem elefanter og mennesker<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Konsekvenserne af denne unders\u00f8gelse er b\u00e5de praktiske og videnskabeligt sp\u00e6ndende. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Da elefanter st\u00e5r over for stigende trusler fra krybskytteri og tab af levesteder, kan indsigt i deres komplekse sociale liv og kognitive evner forbedre bevaringsm\u00e5lene.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wittemyer foreslog, at evnen til at kommunikere med elefanter endda kunne v\u00e6re med til at forhindre konflikter mellem mennesker og elefanter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Det er sv\u00e6rt at leve med elefanter, n\u00e5r man pr\u00f8ver at dele et landskab, og de spiser afgr\u00f8der,\" siger han. \"Jeg vil gerne kunne advare dem: 'Kom ikke her. Du bliver dr\u00e6bt, hvis du kommer her.\"<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12873\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12873\" style=\"width: 865px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12873\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Recording-elephant-vocalizations-banner-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"ML\" width=\"865\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Recording-elephant-vocalizations-banner-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Recording-elephant-vocalizations-banner-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Recording-elephant-vocalizations-banner-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Recording-elephant-vocalizations-banner-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Recording-elephant-vocalizations-banner-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Recording-elephant-vocalizations-banner-60x34.jpg 60w, https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Recording-elephant-vocalizations-banner.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vi kan m\u00e5ske kommunikere med elefanter for at advare dem mod omr\u00e5der, hvor de kan komme til skade. Kilde: <a href=\"https:\/\/warnercnr.source.colostate.edu\/elephants-have-names-like-people\/\">Colorado State University<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mens denne unders\u00f8gelse repr\u00e6senterer et massivt gennembrud i forst\u00e5elsen af elefanters kognition og kommunikation, erkendte forskerne, at der er brug for meget mere data for at isolere de specifikke navne i kaldene og unders\u00f8ge, om elefanter ogs\u00e5 navngiver andre elementer i deres milj\u00f8, s\u00e5som mad, vand og steder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Det er et sp\u00e6ndende indblik i et ikke-menneskeligt sprog, som vi ved eksisterer, men som vi ikke har haft mulighed for at forst\u00e5 f\u00f8r for nylig.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Potentialet i kunstig intelligens til afkodning af dyrekommunikation<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anvendelse af AI til at afkode dyrekommunikation har v\u00e6ret et voksende interesseomr\u00e5de blandt forskere.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forud for dette elefantstudie har adskillige initiativer udforsket potentialet i kunstig intelligens til at forst\u00e5 forskellige arters vokalisering og adf\u00e6rd:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2022\/03\/220307082325.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forskerne udviklede en algoritme<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> der analyserer grynt fra grise for at afg\u00f8re, om dyret oplever positive eller negative f\u00f8lelser.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6461910\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DeepSqueak-algoritmen<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> vurderer gnavernes stressniveau ud fra deres ultralydsskrig.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2024\/csail-ceti-explores-sperm-whale-alphabet-0507\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Projekt CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> har til form\u00e5l at bruge maskinl\u00e6ring til at afkode kaskelothvalers kommunikation. Forskere havde for nylig en <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earth.com\/news\/scientists-have-20-minute-conversation-with-a-humpback-whale-named-twain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20 minutters 'samtale'<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> med en hval gennem optagelser.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Men kun f\u00e5 projekter inden for dette omr\u00e5de er s\u00e5 ambiti\u00f8se\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">som den\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthspecies.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Earth Species Project (ESP)<\/a> til kommunikation mellem mennesker og dyr<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ESP h\u00e5ber at kunne afsl\u00f8re hemmelighederne bag ikke-menneskelige sprog og i sidste ende kommunikere direkte med dyr ved hj\u00e6lp af AI-gr\u00e6nseflader som ChatGPT.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mange er skeptiske over for, at AI alene kan l\u00f8se kompleksiteten i dyrs kommunikation, men den hurtige acceleration af AI-teknologi og dette nylige elefantstudie \u00f8ger ESP's udsigter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ESP \u00f8nsker at skabe et omfattende kort over dyrs kommunikation ved at adskille overlappende dyrelyde, generere nye kald for at fremkalde reaktioner og automatisk katalogisere arternes vokale repertoire, blandt andre projekter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I 2023 blev projektet st\u00f8ttet af en bevilling p\u00e5 $1,2 millioner fra den Seattle-baserede Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, der havde til hensigt at st\u00f8tte ESP's udvikling af multimodale AI-modeller.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">De potentielle anvendelser af ESP's forskning er enorme, lige fra at hj\u00e6lpe med at bevare truede arter til at uddybe vores forst\u00e5else af dyrs kognition og sociale strukturer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Som Wittemyer forklarede, kan afkodning af elefanters kommunikation for eksempel hj\u00e6lpe naturfredningsfolk med at f\u00e5 dem v\u00e6k fra landbrugsjord. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P\u00e5 samme m\u00e5de kan forst\u00e5else af hvalernes kald hj\u00e6lpe med at forhindre skibskollisioner osv.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Etiske bet\u00e6nkeligheder ved kommunikation mellem AI og dyr<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P\u00e5 trods af mulighederne rejser brugen af AI til at kommunikere med dyr nogle banebrydende etiske sp\u00f8rgsm\u00e5l.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N\u00e5r alt kommer til alt, har mennesker, ligesom andre dyr, udviklet deres egne distinkte kommunikationssystemer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Der er et vist sammenfald - du kan m\u00e5ske se, hvad din hund eller kat vil have ud fra dens lyde eller ansigtsudtryk - men dyr kan ikke kommunikere universelt. Faktisk kan selv n\u00e6rt besl\u00e6gtede arter udvise ekstremt differentieret kommunikativ adf\u00e6rd.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faktisk er der nok en grund til, at dyr ikke kan kommunikere frit p\u00e5 tv\u00e6rs af arter. I hvert fald ikke ud over alarmkald og andre mere basale former for kommunikation.\u00a0<\/span>Dyr har en \u00f8kologisk niche, og gr\u00e6nser p\u00e5 tv\u00e6rs af dyreriget eksisterer for at bevare stabilitet og orden.<\/p>\n<p>Hver art har udviklet sig til at opfatte og interagere med verden p\u00e5 en unik m\u00e5de, og deres kommunikationssystemer er finjusteret til deres specifikke behov og milj\u00f8er.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI kan gennemtr\u00e6nge de biologiske gr\u00e6nser, og konsekvenserne er uforudsigelige. A 2022 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s43681-022-00187-z#citeas\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">papir<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> udgivet i tidsskriftet AI Ethics fremh\u00e6vede behovet for, at AI-udviklere og forskere identificerer og forhindrer potentiel skade p\u00e5 dyr, og understregede samfundets ansvar for at sikre en etisk anvendelse af AI-teknologier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vi m\u00e5 overveje, om vi mennesker har ret til at bryde denne kommunikative kl\u00f8ft? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hvad nu, hvis vi ikke fortolker dyrene korrekt, eller hvis de ikke fortolker os?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hvordan kan vi kvantificere potentiel psykologisk skade eller forstyrrelse af dyrs naturlige funktioner?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Der er ingen nemme svar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Det kan v\u00e6re ekstremt risikabelt at bryde millioner af \u00e5rs evolution ved at bruge AI til at kommunikere med dyr, ligesom det er tilf\u00e6ldet med genredigering og andre teknologier, der \u00e6ndrer selve biologiens struktur.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Men som dette elefantstudie viser, er der \u00e6gte, overbevisende fordele ved at bruge AI til at kommunikere med dyr eller i det mindste forst\u00e5 dem bedre af hensyn til deres sikkerhed.<\/p>\n<p>At opn\u00e5 endnu dybere kommunikation med dyr f\u00f8les kun et stenkast v\u00e6k.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forskere brugte kunstig intelligens til at opdage, at afrikanske elefanter bruger unikke vokaliseringer, der ligner navne, til at kalde p\u00e5 og identificere specifikke medlemmer af deres flok.  Unders\u00f8gelsen, der er offentliggjort i tidsskriftet Nature Ecology and Evolution, viser, at elefanter besidder komplekse kommunikationsevner, som man tidligere troede var forbeholdt mennesker og nogle f\u00e5 andre arter. Det f\u00e6lles forskerhold, der best\u00e5r af eksperter fra Colorado State University (CSU), Save the Elephants og ElephantVoices, brugte maskinl\u00e6ringsteknikker (ML) til at analysere elefantkald, der var optaget over fire \u00e5r i Kenya. 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