Can AI Help Secure Legal Rights for Whales?

Deborah Lehr as featured on The Paulson Institute.

Whales have immense ecological and economic value. They store and move carbon. They feed and fertilize oceans. They influence entire ecosystems. And yet, many species are struggling to survive and thrive. Can decoding the language of whales help us protect them?

To answer this question and more, Deborah Lehr welcomes David Gruber, Founder & President of Project CETI and National Geographic Explorer, to Nature’s Ledger. They discuss his work analyzing whale communication using AI and bioacoustics and how we can better understand non-human intelligence and potentially reshape how law, policy, and society think about the protection of marine life.