Project CETI is a large-scale effort to decode whale speech. If AI models do learn a universal language, we might be able to use it to talk to whales.
Growing up, I sometimes played a game with my friends called “Mussolini or Bread.”
It’s a guessing game, kind of like Twenty Questions. The funny name comes from the idea that, in the space of everything, ‘Mussolini’ and ‘bread’ are about as far away from each other as you can get.
One round might go like this:
Is it closer to Mussolini or bread? Mussolini.
Is it closer to Mussolini or David Beckham? Uhh, I guess Mussolini. (Ok, they’re definitely thinking of a person.)
Is it closer to Mussolini or Bill Clinton? Bill Clinton.
Is it closer to Bill Clinton or Pelé? Bill Clinton, I think.
Is it closer to Bill Clinton or Grace Hopper? Grace Hopper.
Is it closer to Grace Hopper or Richard Hamming? Richard Hamming.
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