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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 18h

✍🏽 In July 2023, Oscar Salguero gave an Interspecies Conversations lecture on the Interspecies Library, an archive of visionary artists’ books.

Explore the intersections of art + science and nonhuman futures 🐋

📺 Watch on YouTube → www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B6A...

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 1d

🐬 Join the conversation: Decoding Dolphins in the Wild!

Learn about Dr. Herzing's work @dolphinproject.bsky.social, and the incredible tool that is DolphinGemma, a large language model for dolphin vocalizations.

📅 Sat, Oct 11 | ⏰ 4pm GMT | 📍 Online
🔗 Join us: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 6d

Jane Goodall (1934–2025).

A trailblazer in science and conservation. Her impact is one of a kind, immeasurable, and far-reaching. Dr. Jane Goodall's legacy lives on in all of us. 💚🌱

📽️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPI5Uw3tCQ4

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 8d

🐬 New Lecture! “Decoding Dolphins in the Wild. How difficult can it be?”

Dr. Denise Herzing will share how DolphinGemma and CHAT are transforming research into dolphin sounds & meaning.

📆 Oct 11 | 12 pm EST | Online
🔗 Register: https://www.interspecies.io/lectures/denise-herzing

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 13d

🔊 Throwback to Oscar Salguero’s lecture "Interspecies Library: Books as Portals to Interspecies Futures"

Explore visionary books that are reshaping interspecies discourse!

📺 Watch on YouTube → www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B6A...

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 14d

🌍🚨 Final week! The Edge AI Earth Guardians Challenge closes Sept 30.

Submit your Edge AI project for conservation + sustainability 🌱✨

👉 https://www.hackster.io/contests/earthguardians

Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 20d

During @earthspecies.bsky.social' 2023 lecture "AI to Unlock Interspecies Communication", we explored how AI is reshaping our understanding of animal societies and driving conservation.

Join the conversation! Revisit the lecture ➡️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9SvPs1cCds

Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 23d

⚡️🐒Missed Dr. Omer’s talk "The Naming of Nonhuman Primates: Vocal Labeling of Others by Marmoset Monkeys" last Saturday?

🔗 Catch the full conversation on our YouTube channel!
https://youtu.be/aeLDYcyaQCE

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 27d

⏰ Tomorrow!

Dr. David Omer on how marmoset monkeys use calls to “name” each other 🐒🔊

📆 Sept 13 | 4pm GMT / 12pm EST / 9am PST | 📍Zoom
🔗 Register: https://shorturl.at/IjkHg

#PrimateCommunication #Neuroscience

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · 29d

👋 Meet our next speaker, neuroscientist Dr. David Omer!

His lab’s work with marmosets is changing how we understand communication, social behavior & the origins of language.

📆 Sept 13 | ⏰ 12pm EST / 9am PST | 📍Zoom
🔗 Register to join: https://shorturl.at/VPXvN

#Neuroscience #PrimateCommunication

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · Sep 4

New Lecture: The Naming of Nonhuman Primates 🐒🔊

Join us as Dr. David Omer reveals how marmoset monkeys use calls to “name” one another!

📆 Sept 13 | ⏰ 4pm GMT / 12pm EST / 9am PST | 📍Zoom
🔗 Register: https://www.interspecies.io/lectures/david-omer

#PrimateCommunication

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · Aug 28

🔊How can AI help unlock interspecies communication?

In their lecture, Katie Zacarian and Sara Keen explored the foundations of the
@earthspecies.bsky.social ’s work and the challenges of using AI & ML to better understand the non-human world.

🎥Watch now➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9SvPs1cCds

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · Aug 27

🐾 How do we build shared tools for interspecies communication research?

Our new roundtable tackled this question while brainstorming open-source solutions. The conversation is continuing on Slack.

🚀 Join us and watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XCAkI-KqeQ

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · Aug 22

🔔 Reminder: Tomorrow, join our Interspecies Conversations roundtable (with 5 amazing guests), moderated by Neil Gershenfeld.

🔗 Registrations & Lecture Details: interspecies.io/lectures/dat...

Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · Aug 21

During the 2023 lecture "Conversing with Whales,” Lisa and Josephine dived deep into why humpbacks are a remarkable model for understanding interspecies communication.💡🧠

Join the conversation! Watch the lecture ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY3tWAeG66k

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · Aug 19

📣 This Saturday, join a conversation with leading researchers actively building interspecies communication tools as they map out the next steps together. 🙌🏽

⏰ 12:00 EST | 09:00 PST | 17:00 BST
📅 Aug 23, Saturday
→ Register here: www.interspecies.io/lectures/dat...

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · Aug 15

Want to know how we're building the future of cross-species communication?

Aug 23 — Join our live conversation with:

🐻Grizzly Systems
🦏CollarID
🐕 FluentPet
🌳 humaneLABs
🌐 Seeed Studio

→ Registrations: shorturl.at/2ZNdC

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · Aug 14

🔊 Throwback to Josephine Hubbard & Lisa Walker lecture on humpback whales.

The discussion delves into their insights from playback experiments with these ocean giants. 🐋

📺 Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY3tWAeG66k

#HumpbackWhales #AnimalCommunication #SETI #WhaleSongs

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · Aug 12

🚀New Lecture: Interspecies Data Collection & Interaction — a roundtable moderated by Neil Gershenfeld on cross-species design, conservation, ecology & emerging tech.

📆Aug 23, 9AM PT | 12PM ET | 4PM GMT
📍Zoom
🔗 shorturl.at/LjNJO

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · Jul 31

During David’s 2023 lecture "Reconstructing the Natural History of Awareness", we dived deep into octopus behavior, eye evolution, and awareness in invertebrates. 💡🧠

Join the conversation! Watch the lecture ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9sNYf63Ddo

Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · Jul 18

🐋 TOMORROW! 🚨

Join @begus.bsky.social to explore sperm whale “codas” and what they mean for language, AI, & law.

📅Sat, July 19 | 🕓 4PM GMT / 12PM EST / 9AM PST
📍Online

🔗 RSVP now: https://www.interspecies.io/lectures/gasper-begus

#AIethics #AnimalCommunication #ProjectCETI

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · Jul 16

🐋 Meet Brenda McCowan — Professor of Ethology and Director of the McCowan-Vandeleest Lab at the University of California.

🚀Explore insights from over 40 thought leaders in the Workshop Proceedings ➡️ www.interspecies.io/publication

Thank you to @sfiscience.bsky.social + @xprize.org 🙌🏽

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · Jul 10

🔊 Throwback to David Edelman's lecture on octopus consciousness!

🐙 A Neuroscientist exploring why octopuses offer a unique window into the origins of sensory awareness and consciousness in animals without backbones.

Watch full lecture on YouTube ➡️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9sNYf63Ddo

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · Jul 9

🦠Meet Brandon Ogbunu —a computational biologist exploring epidemiology, evolutionary genetics, and population biology at Yale University

🚀Explore insights from over 40 thought leaders in the Workshop Proceedings➡️ www.interspecies.io/publication

Thank you to @sfiscience.bsky.social + @xprize.org 🙌🏽

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Interspecies Internet @interspecies-io.bsky.social · Jul 8

🚀Meet our new speaker: @begus.bsky.social — @projectceti.bsky.social Linguistics Lead & AI researcher asking how sperm whale codas could reshape our view of language (and interspecies legal standing).

📅Sat, July 19 |🕓4PM GMT/12PM EST/9AM PST |📍Zoom

🔗Info & RSVP: www.interspecies.io/lectures/gas...

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