A Silicon Dr. Doolittle?

The emotionally negative situations included separation, fights between piglets, castration, and slaughter, among others.

These included an arena with toys or food and a corresponding arena without any stimuli.

A dog and a child sitting face-to-face at a picnic table, appearing to have a conversation.

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In negative cases, the researchers collected more high-frequency calls (such as screams and squeals).

But Mandel-Briefer said the same research could apply to other animals as well.

Dont plan on having conversations with your pets just yet.

A dog sitting on a chair appearing to speak into a boom microphone.

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Even translating between human languages is still a challenge for AI.

There are many AI-powered language translation services, including Google Translate and Microsoft Text Translation API.

The benefit of AI-driven translation services is that they are more affordable than hiring a human translator.

For example, they have difficulty understanding language-specific idioms and sarcasm, often translating them literally.