AI, elephants and communication frontiers
Economist Don Ross talks about cracking the code of elephant language
13 March 2025 - 05:00
Stepping into the lobby of the hotel where I’m meeting Prof Don Ross, co-author of The Gambling Animal, I’m apprehensive.
I’m not badly prepared, but it has taken me longer than expected to get about halfway through the book. I feel the need to apologise in advance, too, for my limited, residual grasp of certain theoretical concepts, having studied economics and statistics so long ago. “You’re probably more in touch than most people,” Ross smiles, putting me only marginally at ease...
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