From the Ted Talk by David Gruber: Can we learn to talk to sperm whales?
Unscramble the Blue Letters
I became interested in sperm whleas when I heard their sunods. They sounded like they were coming from another universe; a siren song being bodarcast from the darkest reaches of the sea. These weren't the typical harmonious whlae songs that I had been accustomed to. These sounded more like digital data transfer. We assembled the future Project CETI team and began discussing how to use the most advanced technologies to communicate with whales. One of the piairpcnl conclusions was that machine learning had a really good chance of utndirnedsang the pntaetrs of sperm whale cmuaoinoitcmn. And the time to apply these technologies was now. Cracking the interspecies communication code didn't just seem possible, it almost seemed inevitable. But how can analyzing patterns help us converse with whales and other animals?
Open Cloze
I became interested in sperm ______ when I heard their ______. They sounded like they were coming from another universe; a siren song being _________ from the darkest reaches of the sea. These weren't the typical harmonious _____ songs that I had been accustomed to. These sounded more like digital data transfer. We assembled the future Project CETI team and began discussing how to use the most advanced technologies to communicate with whales. One of the _________ conclusions was that machine learning had a really good chance of _____________ the ________ of sperm whale _____________. And the time to apply these technologies was now. Cracking the interspecies communication code didn't just seem possible, it almost seemed inevitable. But how can analyzing patterns help us converse with whales and other animals?
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sounds
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Original Text
I became interested in sperm whales when I heard their sounds. They sounded like they were coming from another universe; a siren song being broadcast from the darkest reaches of the sea. These weren't the typical harmonious whale songs that I had been accustomed to. These sounded more like digital data transfer. We assembled the future Project CETI team and began discussing how to use the most advanced technologies to communicate with whales. One of the principal conclusions was that machine learning had a really good chance of understanding the patterns of sperm whale communication. And the time to apply these technologies was now. Cracking the interspecies communication code didn't just seem possible, it almost seemed inevitable. But how can analyzing patterns help us converse with whales and other animals?