Could an Orca Give a TED Talk? | Karen Bakker

Could an Orca Give a TED Talk? | Karen Bakker | TED

Рет қаралды 110,941

10 ай бұрын

What if we could hear nature's ultrasonic communication -- and talk back? From a bat's shrill speech to a peacock’s infrasound mating call, conservation technology researcher Karen Bakker takes us through a sound bath of animal noises that are far outside humanity's range of hearing, demonstrating how artificial intelligence has translated the incredible complexity of nature's soundtrack. She asks us to consider the moral weight of such transformative technology and explores the futuristic opportunities presented for conservation, interspecies communication and more.
If you love watching TED Talks like this one, become a TED Member to support our mission of spreading ideas: ted.com/membership
Follow TED!
Twitter: / tedtalks
Instagram: / ted
Facebook: / ted
LinkedIn: / ted-conferences
TikTok: / tedtoks
The TED Talks channel features talks, performances and original series from the world's leading thinkers and doers. Subscribe to our channel for videos on Technology, Entertainment and Design - plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. Visit TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more.
Watch more: go.ted.com/karenbakker
• Could an Orca Give a T...
TED's videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (or the CC BY - NC - ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy: www.ted.com/about/our-organiz.... For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at media-requests.ted.com
#TED #TEDTalks #nature

Пікірлер: 134

@matthewwriter9539 10 ай бұрын

If a dolphin, gorilla, or orca can give a Ted talk, then I want to hear it. That might be the most important Ted talk of all time.

@Lomogrammaton 10 ай бұрын

Almost sounded like the beginning of a joke. “ A dolphin, a gorilla, and an orca walk into an oceanic bar…”

@veronicamoradeleon671 10 ай бұрын

Mathewwriter. I Totally agree!! I want to hear it too!

@jayd.o.t 10 ай бұрын

@@Lomogrammatonand then the Orca turned to Dolphin and said "Put another Chimp on the barby"

@matthewwriter9539 10 ай бұрын

@@Lomogrammaton Animorphs book number 36.

@rohilkuhad8277 10 ай бұрын

Some studies have indicated that dolphins have whistles for specific others. Maybe with some probing we could find the mechanisms of their language

@Utsav_Viradiya 8 ай бұрын

RIP. You were an incredibly talented and intelligent researcher. Also, your voice was so soothing.

@LucasRizzotto 9 ай бұрын

Was so happy to see this live. What an amazing talk.

@sagnotron 10 ай бұрын

What an honour it is to be able to hear other species and the planet. I could listen to this all day. Thank you for sharing this ❤

@rover-republic 2 ай бұрын

RIP Karen. Honestly that's the best TED speech ever. ...ideas worth spreading. Bravo

@ShreyasPandey18 8 ай бұрын

her voice is so calm and understanding

@Utsav_Viradiya 8 ай бұрын

Bhai, she sadly passed away last month. So, regrettably, we now have to say that her voice *was* incredibly soothing.

@matthewwriter9539 10 ай бұрын

One story I heard, Humans recorded the sounds of monkeys talking... giraffes ignored them. Then they recorded the monkeys when a lion entered the environment. Then that recording was playing the giraffes looked around and ran away...as if the giraffes knew the monkey word for "lion". ...so they ran away...even though no lions were near by...but the monkeys told them there was a lion, and the giraffes believed them. Because when it comes to hungry lions, it is better to be safe than stupid.

@lalithajanghamaiha4446 10 ай бұрын

I have Budgies in my home for past 10 years there are unique sounds and actions produced by them and just by observing them i could tell wheter they are hungry or sad or happy and anything else but this process requires alot of time , observation and ability to think or feel what other species do in the situation.

@matthewwriter9539 10 ай бұрын

Which is why many people believe that if souls are real, Humans aren't the only ones with souls.

@lalithajanghamaiha4446 10 ай бұрын

@@matthewwriter9539 Damn that was a good one

@marksavage8052 10 ай бұрын

One of the worst things in the world is captive birds. You should be ashamed.

@lalithajanghamaiha4446 10 ай бұрын

@@marksavage8052 what if they were injured and needed help , calm down I have treated and save more than 150 species of birds in my surroundings and later they were left to sanctuary ok

@josephsurivong3192 10 ай бұрын

Tremendous! The implications of this technology seem to be practical and immediately relevant to a lot of ongoing conservation work. A great talk! Will be sharing with this with everyone I know :) Well done by Karen Bakker

@raoultesla2292 10 ай бұрын

"hey critter my breed mass kills painfully slow with chemical what's up today?" "I am one out of 2mil who recognize your right to live, lets dance and play together"

@MARIALUIZA-vu3no 8 ай бұрын

Além do maravilhoso tema q ela expôs, q voz esplêndida ela tem!🎉🎉🎉❤❤👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@clivesmith9377 10 ай бұрын

Then we can have an International Interspecies translator 😊❤

@megan2boom 9 ай бұрын

Truly one of the best Ted Talks I’ve ever seen!!

@vlad-pm2zr 2 ай бұрын

RIP Karen Bakker. Thank you for sharing your wonderful science with us. You've been an inspiration and will not be forgotten.

@user-ng5mo1uc9t 10 ай бұрын

Her voice is very calm but powerful. The best voice for this subject.

@PhoebeFayRuthLouise 10 ай бұрын

Great TED Talk! I love hearing the sounds of the different species!

@Sylvester4571 10 ай бұрын

I can’t imagine 100 years from now there is a murder case trying to be solved and the lead witness to it all is a bird or a cat lmfao

@maggie8653 10 ай бұрын

also could be an ant which was passing by😂

@marksavage8052 10 ай бұрын

That's already happened, except the witness was a plant.

@thomasbarlow4187 7 ай бұрын

Love this 🎉

@eastendthug 10 ай бұрын

Kinda of headline I'd expect from The Guardian or The Onion.

@l_7376 10 ай бұрын

Those two very different types of media

@lil10dot 9 ай бұрын

Hard to explain in comment form how happy I am about this

@matrickwurse4271 10 ай бұрын

THAT was amazing, thank you

@veronicamoradeleon671 10 ай бұрын

Tenia rato que no escuchaba una Ted Talk que me hiciera sentir feliz! 🌎💚

@pokwerpokwerpokwer 10 ай бұрын

I love this. Thank you.

@mileskredich 9 ай бұрын

favorite ted talk of all time.

@justthefactslibrarian3935 8 ай бұрын

Wonderful news about the right whale! We need to spread this technology immediately!

@priyasusan3295 9 ай бұрын

Amazing talk 👍👏👏👏

@OrcaGroupSeries 7 ай бұрын

I would love to interview this lady.

@wizzardofpaws2420 8 ай бұрын

She has this wonderful voice and it's a very interesting topic.

@Utsav_Viradiya 8 ай бұрын

Well, she *had* a wonderful voice. Sadly, she left us last month.

@mosesperez8636 9 ай бұрын

Communication opens doors to a better future.....all is not lost their is hope

@rajatshinde5395 10 ай бұрын

ABSOLUTELY Profound! That is why this is a 'must' TED talk

@adhdflipper9066 8 ай бұрын

I fell asleep before the orca came on. Her voice is very soft and soothing

@Utsav_Viradiya 8 ай бұрын

She peacefully drifted into eternal slumber last month, you know? So, now we must write about her in the past tense.

@nayzethybarra-muniz4457 10 ай бұрын

I luv this Ted talk

@shahmohammedjawadtashfiq1692 9 ай бұрын

Mind blowing!

@mkulikowski 10 ай бұрын

Love how she shows both risks and potential. Very open-minded 🙏

@isavanstraelen2654 5 ай бұрын

What an amazing video. So interesting. The possabilities are endless

@vinniskarnak 10 ай бұрын

And here I am, speechless.

@michellelester243 10 ай бұрын

❤

@shoshannafachima1306 9 ай бұрын

Mesmeris8ng and fascinating talk Thank you so much as this will certainly raise much more awareness thet thr h7man species must become true stewards 8n protecting and preserving the great tree of life

@momoneyy408 9 ай бұрын

5:32 That was deep!!

@angelicircus4654 10 ай бұрын

Fabulous!!!!!💖👍

@SynthaticBeats 10 ай бұрын

Crazy Ted Talk really really great!

@clivesmith9377 10 ай бұрын

😱 Oh, nooooo! Our pets will certainly have a lot to talk back at us 😱

@ceupapaw4032 10 ай бұрын

LOL 😂

@Lotschi 10 ай бұрын

This was an Amazing talk!

@swagv 9 ай бұрын

This says a lot more about TED talks than it says about animal intelligence.

@christianedavi5166 10 ай бұрын

We have a lot to learn. We once thought we were the center of the universe, the sun circled us. It was a hard humbling experience to humans. Now to most people God made us, and only us, to his image. Accepting that we are wrong will be even harder than accepting that the stars don't care about us.

@JamieSwitzer 10 ай бұрын

Amazing!

@AKASH-ju6fp 10 ай бұрын

Where are you from???. What's your dreams

@hiepkhach85 10 ай бұрын

Thanks ❤️🇻🇳🇻🇳

@looksurly 10 ай бұрын

Tremendously inspiring!

@tenapalmer7182 Ай бұрын

thank GOODNESS for finally enacting a 'simple' solution to protect whales and their pods and ranges they travel!

@user-ix3sr3qh5q 7 ай бұрын

Damn ❤

@seanmccall7277 Ай бұрын

I don't doubt the deep intelligence of the great mammals, whales, dolphins, orca.. I've spent a lot of time with them in the water.. What I'd like to know, is whether they think about or talk about anything more than the 4 F's. Great talk. Very interesting. Thank you.😊

@Ami5Jo 10 ай бұрын

I bet the orca would have smarter things to say than some commenters who think they're oh soo witty and their sarcasm is without equal. Thankfully there're still people who use their ability to think to make better things possible.

@sylviasomaduroff4472 10 ай бұрын

Whals watching just changed

@buchhibaburachakonda5646 10 ай бұрын

I love this !!! Really really love this ! Life ❤❤

@LimaraZ 10 ай бұрын

Orca is adorable and very smart creature 😍no surprise 🤓

@kaistirn8067 10 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the second episode of Scott Z. Burns' "Extrapolations". I'm somewhat sceptical whether this hypothetical technology is really going to be implemented and if so: whether it's going to truly benefit anyone. But I guess I I keep underestimating humanity's desire to communicate with non-human species.

@TheBestofTheWorldNetwork 9 ай бұрын

Leave the Queen Bee in peace! She doesnt need AI to intrrfere with natural intelligence older than human existence!

@rochecr 2 ай бұрын

What is the name of that elephant sound dictionary?

@ericsonhazeltine5064 10 ай бұрын

I want to hear an Orca tell me that his father was poor, but honest.

@ayasarsour2860 10 ай бұрын

شكرااا جزيلااا

@mikeschmidt3382 10 ай бұрын

Would be better than anyone else that has ever presented.

@mostsell9877 8 ай бұрын

Just a thought...it seems with every gift, becomes a curse. Unless every technology is choosen the correct operator, can become a curse, if handled in the hands of the improper operator. Rite?

@MiseryRex 10 ай бұрын

Given the current state of TED talks I am sure my cat could produce one of equal quality.

@cristinanavarrete200 9 ай бұрын

Some animals are gonna be so mean with us and we deserve it haha but I wanna hear them so bad. Please let animals on ted talks, and can we start with dogs? Im pretty sure they need more rights.

@zeromathematics 8 ай бұрын

wow this is Interesting AF... The lady is AI for sure tho.

@Utsav_Viradiya 8 ай бұрын

She was a human, and unfortunately, she passed away last month. You can look it up!

@mtm00 7 ай бұрын

Humans listen with the entire body also.

@jonathanwestmoreland666 10 ай бұрын

Am I the only one that couldn't hear anything from the hydrothermal vent? Maybe it's time to get my hearing checked.

@Ami5Jo 10 ай бұрын

I turned the volume up

@jonathanwestmoreland666 10 ай бұрын

@@Ami5Jo My volume was maxed but I watched it on my phone. I'll try on my computer in the morning.

@realnaveen 10 ай бұрын

Studying ocean whales for their characteristics for years resulted in them attacking boats for some reason.

@marksavage8052 10 ай бұрын

You sound confused.

@RampinRabit 10 ай бұрын

Imagine having a conversation with another species 🤯

@marksavage8052 10 ай бұрын

Tell me you've never spoken to a woman without telling me you've never spoken to a woman.

@cautionitsblack 8 ай бұрын

So you’re saying more of gods creatures are more complex than we thought

@WattisWatts 10 ай бұрын

I'm sure DARPA is gonna use this for real good reasons.

@mariaantoniettamontella9173 10 ай бұрын

supergreat

@doeunjung8511 10 ай бұрын

멋진 강연입니다! 목소리에집중이 잘됩니다.!! Great lecture! Wow!! concentrate well on the speaker's voice!!

@mairathorn3331 9 ай бұрын

Humans are not enough that you're not sparing other species! *for your own species' survival in this very planet, just be content with what you have and can do, do not surpass the limit*

@laianenogueira3596 10 ай бұрын

Maravilhoso! Amazing!

@-TheOracle- 10 ай бұрын

When you find out that we hoomans are not liked, but only being tolerated, what are we hoomans going to do?

@BallinRose 9 ай бұрын

Im pretty sure that if animals could speak they wouldnt have anything nice to say. Not thay their being mean but becuse of what we have dome to their home

@andreys7729 9 ай бұрын

Stop spying on orcas!

@kirtjames1353 10 ай бұрын

Genius click bait headline pulllllld me in. Now i know how to hit in an orca with bat dialect with AI technology. Stay till the end. 😉

@eSKAone- 10 ай бұрын

Every so called "scientist" that does not see that the universe is a living thing is just a mechanic. His mind can only process the obvious parts of life before his eyes. Everything is alive. Life does not end at the other side of a cell's membrane. A city is an organism too. There is no isolated system in the universe. It's systems within systems, overlapping each other. God is life itself. Everything in life is connected. We are part of a greater being. Religions are just different languages, they are an attempt to communicate this insight to other humans. With science getting more and more of the picture (macrocosm, microcosm), and people getting educated about it, it will be easier and easier for everyone to understand it. For that:☮️, you have to see this:☯️

@marksavage8052 10 ай бұрын

Lol

@AvijitNag 10 ай бұрын

We are still harpooning these whales to extinction. Just go an see the whale ships in the southern ocean. One of the most advanced country (?) is adamant in killing these beautiful creatures.

@marksavage8052 10 ай бұрын

No one's hunting orcas... and they aren't whales.

@ethnikitchenfood4life370 10 ай бұрын

I just wanna talk to my dog

@RainS2TOSBT 10 ай бұрын

While it's wonderful to know that these findings aren't just from the great imaginations of film writers, poets, authors, song writers and artists ... it's disheartening to think how some in history have used technology to harm people, creatures ...

@user-ng5mo1uc9t 10 ай бұрын

One day we can make school for whales and orcas.

@bubbleshooterLP 8 ай бұрын

I’d really love to know what you think about veganism 😅

@Utsav_Viradiya 8 ай бұрын

I don't think you'll ever hear from her. She had sadly passed away before you asked this question.

@joannot6706 7 ай бұрын

What about veganism?

@gregbors8364 10 ай бұрын

“mmmmmmmmwuuuuuuaaaaahhhhhhhh” - 🐋

@raoultesla2292 10 ай бұрын

“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” ~Nikola Tesla. I am so excited to speak AT non-bipeds... "hey critter my breed mass kills painfully slow with chemical what's up today?" "hey critter that has seen 70% of your community eradicated by my family, can you do some tricks for me to laugh?" This is going to be so cool, and internet 10 second attention span funtimes. Man oh man !, the HUGE profits from advertising entertainment.

@lloydmedley7125 8 ай бұрын

RIP

@Bill..N 10 ай бұрын

Orcas can't seem to learn that propellers are very dangerous.. It seems unlikely they could rise to the occasion of giving a Ted talk.. Good stuff, though..

@TheVigilante2000 10 ай бұрын

Could an Orca Give a TED Talk? No.

@simon5942 10 ай бұрын

ohhh, so animals communicate? I didn’t know that...

@YOU-my5jg 10 ай бұрын

When you try to act too smart you begin to appear really stupid.

@lavenderspice7992 10 ай бұрын

Ya didn't even watch the video eh

@user-zb5kk8fn6v 10 ай бұрын

these topics be wildin

@rasaliens 9 ай бұрын

the big question is when you can know or communicate with animals, then what will you eat? can you eat the fish when he screams at you hey please don't eat me ? or other animals scream at you?. so please don't make the future with a stupid scientific perspective or way that can harm human civilization. if you don't fully recognize yourself then don't try to recognize others and make them yourself live life correctly as the truth should be