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专题07科技发明创造（四）14篇

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（上广东深圳九年级深圳市大鹏新区华侨中学校联考期中）

Haveyoueverimaginedbeingabletocommunicatewithyourpetathomeandletthemunderstandeverything

yousay?Itsoundstoogoodtobetrue,butscientistshavestartedusingartificialintelligence(Al)tohelp

communicatewithanimals.

AIallowshumanstousetechnologytowatchandunderstandthesoundsandsignals(信号)animalsusesowe

cantrytospeakbacktothem.

ProfessorKarenBakkersaidthatAIisalreadyhelpinghumanscommunicatewithbats(蝙蝠)andbees.This

couldchangewhatweknowaboutnatureandournon-humanrelationships.

BakkersaidAIhelpeddecode()recordingsofanimalstalkingtooneanother.Shesaidtryingto

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communicateintheirlanguagecouldbebetterthantoteachthemtousehumansignlanguage.

BakkerexplainedhowscientistYossiYoyelhadusedrecordingsandAltounderstandbats.“Batsargueover

food;theycommunicatedifferentlybetweengenders(性别)theyhavetheirnames,or‘signaturecalls’,”shesaid.

“Butunlikehumanmothersraisetheirvoiceswhentalkingtobabies,motherbatslowerthevoice.”Acomputercan

betrainedtolistenlikeabat,butthiscanneverbedonewiththehumanear.

Withbees,thecomputerbothlistensandwatchesthebees’bodymovementtounderstandwhattheyare

communicating.“Whenbees‘speak’tooneanother,theyusebodymovements,aswellasthesounds,to

communicate,”Bakkersaid.Shesaidscientistsnowknowhowbeessaythingssuchas“hush(bequiet)”or“stop”.

ScientistTimLandgrafevencreatedarobotbeethatenteredahive(蜂巢)anditwasabletocommunicateto

otherbeeswhenitwantedthemtostopdoingsomethingorfly.

So,areyoulookingforwardtocommunicatingwithanimalsoneday?

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