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d332 ◴[] No.43657342[source]
> This finding doesn’t mean that bonobos have language, though, because language is the human communication system

I hate this attitude.

Also, I'm curious how advances in AI will shape our empathy towards animals.

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1. ceejayoz ◴[] No.43657368[source]
I really wonder if that's a misquote or poor paraphrase. It's not in quotation marks.

> This finding doesn’t mean that bonobos have language, though, because language is the human communication system, says Berthet. “But we’re showing that they have a very complex communication system that shares parallels with human language.”