Artificial intelligence seems to really be able to do anything. Also give voice to ours pets. This is the promise of Jeremy Coller Center for Animal Sentiencethe first scientific center dedicated to animal consciousness based at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Starting from September 30th The researchers of the structure will work to develop a system that allows us to dialogue with dogs, cats, rabbits And other animals – including insects, crabs and cuttlefish – thanks to the support of AI.
An ambitious project, which could finally simplify the communication between owners and pets, especially in the most difficult situations – as in the case of a disease – where the impossibility of explaining to words can become lethal for our four -legged friends.
A new way of communicating with dogs and cats
“We like that our pets show human characteristics, and with the advent of AI the ways in which your pet will be able to talk to you will be brought to a completely new level”. As Jonathan Birchinaugural director of the center, described the research project, underlining that artificial intelligence can help the owners of dogs and cats not only to translate into words a behavior such as wagging or doing the spin, but also a manage separation anxiety or other health problemssimply allowing them to speak, as far as possible, as it is easy to imagine.
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To ensure that the communication is fluid and transparent, however, researchers will have to work so that artificial intelligence can really understand the needs of animals. “Artificial intelligence often generates invented responses that satisfy the user, instead of being anchored to objective reality. This could be a disaster if it was applied to the well -being of pets,” says Birch.
The risk, therefore, is that the IA refers to the owners what they want to feel, rather than what their four -legged friends really think. A limit that the researchers of the Jeremy Coller Center for Animal Sentience promise to face in the best possible way. The goal, in fact, is to make one possible Fluid and transparent communication with our animals domestic, so from improve the relationship that we have with them.
“Only when we have a better understanding of how the other animals hear and communicate will we be able to recognize our deficiencies in the way we treat them” Chiosa Jeremy Coller, a philanthropist who will support the work of the center in the coming years. “As Rosetta’s stele has revealed the secrets of the hieroglyphics, I am convinced that the power of artificial intelligence can help us understand how other animals live their interactions with humans”.
AI is the new frontier of Pet Care
If it is true that we will have to wait a little more before artificial intelligence transforms us into Doctor Dolittle And give us the opportunity to speak with animals, it is equally true that in recent months this technology has literally revolutionized the sector of Care of pets.
One of the areas in which the IA has found more space, for example, is that ofbehavioral analysis of dogs and cats: The start-ups in the sector have developed IA systems that can also monitor the imperceptible changes in the levels of activity, in the emotional states and in the health indicators of a pet, so as to allow owners to act actively in the event that a state of stress or illness is detected.
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Traini, a start-up based in California, is working on the “first translator of human-canine language in the world” so as to simplify the communication between pet and owner, and also facilitating its training. At the turn of 2024 and 2025 the company launched an iOS application that allows the owners of decode the bark of their four -legged friendsas well as to understand their emotions, in order to simplify between understanding between the two.
At present, the model underlying the operation of the app is able to detect and report 12 different emotions to users In dogs, including the most traditional such as fear and happiness. In the near future, as it is easy to imagine, the start-up aims to expand the features of its application, assuming to launch smart devices on the market that allow to monitor the state of health and mood of pets in real time. A project that seems decidedly achievable in the short term, if we consider how much the technology applied to Pet Care has evolved quickly.
