Earth Species Project Secures $17M in Grants to Apply Frontier AI To Decoding Animal Communication - Earth Species Project
Summary
We envision a renewed relationship with nature that allows the diversity of all life to thrive," said Aza Raskin, co-founder and President of Earth Species ProjectThe funding will help drive three key program priorities: Advance fundamental AI research ESP is developing the first multimodal foundation models the GPT-4s of animal communication for animal language processing. Power a new scientific revolution ESP plays an important role as a bridge between frontier AI and animal communication research. The development of multimodal foundation models will significantly drive progress in the field at large, and enable major leaps forward in conservation science, ethology, and in the study of intelligence and consciousness. Catalyze culture change ESP believes the existential climate and biodiversity crises the world is facing are driven, in large part, by a fundamental disconnect between humans and the rest of nature. By decoding animal communication, ESPs research will open a window into the minds of our fellow species to inspire a fundamental mindset shift in humans towards a renewed relationship with the natural world.