• Question: Do you mean like talking to animals

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      Asked by 852merf43 to Jenni on 13 Jun 2016.
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        Jenni Rodd answered on 13 Jun 2016:


        Some scientists have tried communicating with animals, especially chimpanzees. But I think most scientists agree that other animals don’t really have the ability to communicate using the really really complicated languages that humans have.
        I don’t work with animals. I’m interested in finding out how your brain understands the words that other people use. We think it is easy because most of us can do it without even trying. But it is only easy because our brains are so very clever. We can’t yet build a computer that is even half as good at understanding words as you are!

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