Will Artificial Intelligence Help Us Talk to Animals?

When beluga whales communicate with one another, certain vocalization cues reveal their social structures. When meerkats face an approaching predator, they use a complicated set of alarm calls depending on how close and dangerous it is.
And in the skies, birds also communicate danger — along with things like mating status — to others in their flock.
Now, scientists are harnessing the power of machine learning to build a program that can decipher all these forms of animal communication, and more, by analyzing huge data sets.