汪星人的奇思妙想（2024）

they need to build a bond by graduation.
看着他的眼睛
Look him in the eye there.
伯纳斯
是
-Bonus.
-Yes.
培养任何新关系的最好方式都是
[narrator] The best way to nurture
any new relationship,
保持乐观 学会沟通
stay positive and learn to communicate.
如果你想要一只狗
稳定可靠地做你的搭档…
reliable, be your partner…
When you want a dog to be consistent,
我们是在建立搭档关系
We literally make partnerships.
乖孩子
Good boy. Good boy.
非常好
Really nice.
沟通是极其重要的
[Hutchinson] Communication is
extraordinarily important.
狗可能都不知道 自己在跟你沟通
He might not know
he's communicating to you,
但他其实一直都在跟你沟通
but he's always communicating to you.
为了要跟狗沟通
我们必须学会怎么说狗的语言
For us to communicate to the dog,
we've gotta learn how to talk dog,
这个项目就是干这个的
and that's how this whole program works.
如今 科研人员正在研究
[narrator] Now researchers
are studying to see
狗是否真的能学会人类的语言
if dogs can actually learn to talk human.
玩
[automated voice] Play.
好 我们玩
[woman] Okay, we'll play.
当你能跟另一个物种用语言沟通时
那绝对能令你震惊
When you communicate with somebody
of another species, it's mind blowing.
想象一下 如果你能跟一只乌龟沟通
Imagine if you had
to communicate to a turtle.
我甚至都无法想象
跟它们沟通是怎么样的
Like, I wouldn't even start imagining
what it means to communicate with them.
挠痒痒
[automated voice] Scritches.
你想要挠痒痒吗？
[woman] You want some scritches?
好 来吧 给你挠挠
Yeah, there you go.
There's some scritches.
我在尝试着训练宠物
学习符号♥和文字
[Rossano] I'm trying to train pets
to learn symbols, words,
以此作为了解它们思想的窗口
as a window into their minds,
这样我们就能学习到
它们在想什么 在经历着什么
so that we can learn something
about what they're thinking, experiencing,
能够表达它们的情感
and able to communicate
about their emotions too.
嘿
Hey.
你在叫什么呀？
[dog whimpers]
生气 生气 担心
[robotic voice]
生气 生气 担心？
我们在这项研究中使用的设备
The devices that we use for this study
are an adaptation of devices
是通过对
无法说话之人所使用的设备改造而来
that are being used
with nonverbal humans for a long time,
人类已经用了很久了
我们称之为增强式跨物种通讯设备
and we call it augmented interspecies
communication devices.
花生
[automated voice] Pea… Pea… Peanut.
-[woman] Mm-hmm.
花生
[automated voice] Peanut. Peanut.
-[yips]
有研究表明 例如 灵长类动物
[Rossano] There's been research,
for example, with primates
会使用一个叫做“词汇图”的类似设备
with a similar device called a lexigram,
上面有很多符号♥ 当被按下时
where you have symbols that when you push,
they'll produce a sound or a word
设备会发出一个
人类可以理解的声音或者词语
that humans can understand.
但通常情况下
这项研究是由一两只个体进行的
But usually, the studies are conducted
with one or two individuals.
我们有来自47个国家的一万只狗
We have 10,000 dogs from 47 countries.
能够辨认出大部分按钮的
大约有150只
The ones who have the most buttons
are around 150.
它们已经学了好几年了
They've been in the study
a couple of years.
嗅闻垫
[automated voice] Snuffle mat.
-[woman] You want your snuffle mat? Okay.
你想要你的嗅闻垫吗？好的
帕克两岁半
[woman] Parker's two and a half years old,
她用按钮来沟通 已经将近两年了
and she has been using
the buttons to communicate
for almost two years,
since she was six months old.
她六个月大时就开始了
这些时帕克会用的按钮
These are the buttons that Parker uses.
每一个上面都有一个小图案
So each of them have,
like, a little design.
当被按下时 音频会从底部传出来
And when you press it,
the audio comes from the base there
这是用蓝牙连接的
that it's Bluetooth linked to.
外面
[automated voice] Outside.
帕克都会问我问题
也会对我问她的问题做出回应
Parker both will ask me questions
and respond to questions
that I ask her
either verbally or using the buttons.
我可以口头问 也可以用按钮问
帕克想要什么？嗯？
[automated voice] What Parker want? Hmm?
棍子
Stick.
耶！好的 再来根棍子
[woman] Yeah! Okay, more stick.
她通过使用这个
来跟我进行更深层次交流的方式
The way that she uses it as a means
to communicate with me in a deeper way
凸显出了我俩的关系之好
really accentuates
our relationship overall.
我爱你
[automated voice]
我也爱你
[woman]
我觉得你可能很容易以为：
“噢 爱狗的人都疯了”
I think you can get caught up
in, like, "Oh, dog people are crazy."
“他们把狗当作小孩子一样”
"They just think dogs are little people."
但请你站在科学家的角度试想一下
But, yeah, just imagine
being a scientist for a minute.
肚子
[automated voice]
你在试着去理解
非人类的动物的想法
[Hare] And you're trying to understand
how non-human animals think.
所以现在的问题变成了：
And so the question is now becoming,
“好吧 现在它们有了新的方法
跟自己家庭成员中的人类交流
"Well, how sophisticated
is their communication gonna become
now that they've got this new way
to talk to their human family members?"
它们的交流将会变得多复杂”
所以 我也不知道
我们等着看吧 有多少可能性
So I don't know!
We're gonna see what's possible here.
会很有趣的
It's gonna be fun.
（我们家外头来了辆救护车）
[siren wails]
吱吱车
[automated voice]
通过尝试组合三、四个按钮
[Rossano] Trying to combine
three, four buttons,
它们可以说出一句话
传达一个新颖的概念
they can produce a sentence
to communicate novel concepts.
那确实是一辆吱吱车
这是最让我着迷的东西
That's the thing
that fascinates me the most.
[automated voice]
他说：“安静点 我要打个盹儿”
[woman 1] He says, "Shut up.
I want to take a nap."
[laughter]
法轩是我的第一只狗
[woman 2] Fashion is my first dog.
我们这个试验已经做了三年了
We've been doing this for three years now.
在利用按钮这件事上
As far as the buttons are concerned,
我认为这绝对
对建立我们的关系有帮助
I definitely think that they have helped
build our relationship.
我认为这在一定程度上验证了
I really think
that there's a level of validation
我原本认为我能理解他想要什么
in my understanding
of what I already think he wants,
而我们现在能通过语言交流了
and just that communication
because of these words.
我也有一个一岁的孩子
I have a one-year-old as well.
很长一段时间来 他一不开心就哭
And for a long time,
was just crying whenever he wasn't happy.
可他现在能告诉我
“水”和“饼干”了
But now he can tell me
"water" and "cracker"
还有“妈妈”和“达达”
这样他就能呼救了
and "Mama" and "Dada,"
and so can call for help.
光是这五六个词
就已经改变了我的人生
Those five, six words
already have changed my life.
想象一下 如果有200个词
Imagine having 200 words.