"Artificial intelligence may help us decode animalese. But how much will we really be able to understand?"

Submission statement: Machine learning might eventually allow us to understand and even communicate with animals. It’ll never be a perfect conversation — there’s no way to translate “dolphish” word-for-word, for instance — and some argue that it's better to accept what we can't understand. But this piece interestingly points out that with even basic communication, humans might become more sympathetic to animals, which could be a net good.