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University of Tokyo Researchers Claim "80% Accuracy in Decoding Chicken Language"

A Japanese research team has attracted attention by claiming to have developed a system that reads the emotions of chickens by analyzing their cries using artificial intelligence (AI).

According to major foreign media on the 21st, a research team led by Professor Adrian David Chek of the University of Tokyo announced in a paper that they have developed an AI system capable of interpreting various emotional states of chickens with a high accuracy of 80%.

The research team, consisting of eight members including animal psychologists and veterinarians, sampled the cries of 80 chickens over 200 hours and analyzed their emotional states. Specifically, they classified the emotions into six categories: hunger, fear, anger, satisfaction, excitement, and pain. They then provided the AI with half of the recordings?100 hours worth?along with labels indicating the emotional state of the chicken at the time of each cry. Next, they gave the AI the remaining 100 hours of chicken cries, and the AI was able to accurately identify the emotional state of the chickens for each cry. The researchers claimed that the accuracy reached 80% through multiple rounds of experiments.

In their paper, the researchers stated, "Our experimental results demonstrate the potential of AI and machine learning technologies to identify the emotional states of chickens based on vocal signals," adding, "Our model detected chicken emotions with high probability, suggesting that it learned how to capture meaningful patterns and features in chicken cries." They further noted that as more data is collected over time, the AI system's ability to interpret chicken emotions will evolve.

However, they explained that the system's accuracy may vary depending on the breed of chicken and environmental conditions. The researchers cautioned, "(The AI system) training and evaluation data may not capture all emotional states and changes that chickens can experience," and added, "Chickens may also communicate using non-auditory means such as body language and social interactions."

Adrian David Cheok, Professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan

The research team plans to develop and provide a free application that allows farmers to communicate with chickens using this technology. They believe that the research results could contribute to future animal welfare, animal behavior studies, and the expansion of human-animal interactions.

Professor Chek emphasized, "We utilized advanced AI technology called 'deep emotional analysis learning,' which is a highly mathematical and innovative approach that can understand subtle changes in emotional states based on auditory data." He added, "If we can understand what emotions animals are feeling, we can create a better world for them."

The research team stated, "This study not only improves animal welfare but also sets a precedent for further research on interspecies communication using AI."