thank you to @mnailatikau.bsky.social for sending me this. i want to briefly comment on how dangerous this line of thinking is: that 1. we as Anglo-Europeans have the right to meddle in nonhuman species communication and 2. that AI is a viable medium of translation

Can We Talk to Whales?

Researchers believe that artificial intelligence may allow us to speak to other species.

firstly: the anthropomorphic urge to "bridge" communication between humans and nonhumans relies on both an erasure of translatability (the assumption that anyone trained in Western philosophy, science can understand everything is preceded on the delusion of capturing