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LSE’s $4M AI Lab Promises Cat Translations, Dog Philosophy, Cephalopod Ethics

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LSE’s $4M Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience launches September 30, blending neuroscience, philosophy, and AI to unlock pet translation apps while pondering crab sentience. Trending: 'AI to communicate with pets', 'Can animals think like humans?'. Prof Jonathan Birch warns, 'AI often generates made-up responses that please the user rather than being anchored in objective reality.'

Building on Birch’s warning about AI hallucinations, the centre’s projects include ethical codes for robot-farm chickens and research into driverless cars spotting cats. Trending queries: 'Are animals sentient?' and 'Should AI interpret animal emotions?'. Imagine a self-driving car swerving for an existentially anxious dog, while a rabbit’s paw gestures get reviewed by an interdisciplinary panel.

The centre’s remit even covers cephalopod mollusks and decapod crustaceans, meaning London’s first AI crab psychologist may soon explain why your shrimp ignores texts in seven languages.

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