AI for Animal Communication

Imagine a visitor from another planet listening to Earth without knowing any language. What in the sound alone would tell them that humans speak and other animals do not? This is a real scientific problem, and it is now becoming tractable. Large datasets and AI powered tools are revealing structure in vocalizations of socially sophisticated animals like cetaceans, bats and birds that have defied characterization for decades. The summit brings together experts in animal communication, neuroscience, linguistics, and AI to build the shared concepts and benchmarks this emerging field needs.