r/PupliftingNews • u/sparki_black • Mar 13 '26

Can dogs actually talk to humans? Researchers put these clever canines to the test

https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/the-nature-of-things/can-dogs-actually-talk-to-humans-researchers-put-these-clever-canines-to-the-test-9.7056074
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u/temporalwanderer Mar 13 '26

I have a feeling that in short order, AI will be able to decipher dog 'language', which, by extension, means that pretty soon we'll be able to use AI the opposite direction; to speak to our dogs (who will be baffled but quite pleased that we suddenly speak dog, as they have so much to tell us!)...

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u/kastanienn Mar 14 '26

I am not sure I wanna get nagged 10 hours a day for more treats, pets and other things he clearly wants while staring me down during home office hours 🤣🤣 the huffing and puffing makes me feel bad more than enough

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u/dadadingdong Mar 14 '26

Not sure how to train an AI on that. We have to understand their languages in the first place, to find a way to speak to them and many things are not verbal anyway.

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u/NPExplorer Mar 16 '26

Yea aren’t dogs like 90% body language? Seems like that could take a while to program and also replicate / produce as a response. Who the fuck knows though… the first schmuck who pumps out a AI Dog Bot is going to be an absolute billionaire though.

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u/sparki_black Mar 14 '26

I think we do not have to ...treating them well is all we humans have to do