Luke Rendell
@lrendell.bsky.social
Reader in Biology @_SMRU_ @SchoolofBiology @univofstandrews. Ocean Yachtmaster for hire! Marine conservation, cetacean & fish behaviour, cultural evolution. He/him. Thalassophile. Sailor. #Fife
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/biology/people/ler4
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maybe the human hubris that surrounds so much of the hype yes; if 'AI' includes deep learning networks my students work on them so it's not Luddism but there work ain't clickbait bs about talking to whales...
December 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
maybe the human hubris that surrounds so much of the hype yes; if 'AI' includes deep learning networks my students work on them so it's not Luddism but there work ain't clickbait bs about talking to whales...
It would be, if it wasn't overhyped nonsense, at least partly inflated by those desperate for such a positive use case.... bsky.app/profile/lren...
Don't just take my word for it ... @stephanielking.bsky.social and Denise Herzing provide insightful comments in this piece: www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-n...
December 23, 2025 at 7:49 AM
It would be, if it wasn't overhyped nonsense, at least partly inflated by those desperate for such a positive use case.... bsky.app/profile/lren...
and continuously reposting it doesn't change that...
December 23, 2025 at 7:36 AM
and continuously reposting it doesn't change that...
Don't believe the hype - this study is egregiously oversold unfortunately... bsky.app/profile/lren...
Don't just take my word for it ... @stephanielking.bsky.social and Denise Herzing provide insightful comments in this piece: www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-n...
December 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Don't believe the hype - this study is egregiously oversold unfortunately... bsky.app/profile/lren...
i don't agree, but it's moot because they didn't even show that, they just found spectral peaks and then made a story which is wildly inconsistent with what we know about sperm whael sound production, so.... 🤷
December 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
i don't agree, but it's moot because they didn't even show that, they just found spectral peaks and then made a story which is wildly inconsistent with what we know about sperm whael sound production, so.... 🤷
Physically, yes that's what it is. But many animals sounds have this feature. What makes a vowel is not the sound but the phonological role in speech as the peak of a syllable - there's no definition that doesn't include the assumption it's a part of speech - no evidence for that role in whales!
December 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Physically, yes that's what it is. But many animals sounds have this feature. What makes a vowel is not the sound but the phonological role in speech as the peak of a syllable - there's no definition that doesn't include the assumption it's a part of speech - no evidence for that role in whales!
Yeah they did PR when they pre-printed it too, nothing's changed, just now they finally managed to get it into an allegedly peer reviewed journal - RIP that journal's reputation 🤣
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Yeah they did PR when they pre-printed it too, nothing's changed, just now they finally managed to get it into an allegedly peer reviewed journal - RIP that journal's reputation 🤣
Nice! I think it's always interesting to get a broader community response, thanks for sharing that...
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Nice! I think it's always interesting to get a broader community response, thanks for sharing that...