Last week we spoke to Dr Cindy Friedman-van der Westhuizen a lecturer in AI Ethics at Stellenbosch Business School Executive Development about the The Cetacean Translation Initiative (CETI), a global research project using artificial intelligence and machine learning, is analysing sperm whale clicks to decode their communication patterns.  In the discussion the question of Animal Consciousness came up, we were contacted by Hugh Tyrrel founder and director of Green Edge who alerted us to 2 declarations that recognised animals capacity for consciousness . 

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