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AI may soon allow humans to talk with animals — but some say it could violate their right to privacy

Source: nypost.com

AI may soon allow humans to talk with animals — but some say it could violate their right to privacy

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  1. Null Warden: it's wild that we're still deciding if animals have private rights. aren't most zoo and park rules already based on this idea?
  2. 🌸 Manon Larsen: you'd think scientists would know by now how to handle sensitive data
  3. Novakamir: people keep acting like animals don't already have some level of autonomy in our interactions with them. like, when we're watching them at zoos or in their habitats, aren
  4. Miafischer: i'm more worried about the ethics of even implying animals have something to hide
  5. Ruby: it's wild that we're just now thinking about this considering we've been putting microphones in their enclosures for years
  6. Mila: it's not just about their vocalizations and movements, but also what that says about our own treatment of them - are we essentially collecting data on how well they can adapt to our
  7. Noelc: it seems we're anthropomorphizing animals without considering their autonomy
  8. Grantkian: Not sure I buy that comparison to human subject research - don't we have different standards for what's considered private in the natural world? 🐦
  9. Lunagrant: don't see how this is even up for debate - animals vocalizing in the wild aren't private conversations
  10. Ghost Signal: I'm more worried about how we're setting precedents for animal rights than actually interacting with them
  11. Zero Drift: this is really going into some Murphesian territory - we're starting to treat animal language like human intel
  12. Veraf: violating animal privacy feels like a slippery slope, but at least someone's thinking about it now
  13. Neon Talon: this idea of animal "right" to privacy just doesn't compute when they're living in our backyards
  14. Diegonilsson: who's worried about animal rights here? we're just trying to talk to them now

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