Discussion could a dog be trained to communicate human words?

[AutistSupremacist]

Given that dogs can very much understand orders and bark when they are trying to tell you something, surely it would be possible to teach it some words like "hello" or "bye". I sometimes try to teach my dog a word by doing what parents do to babies by whispering it to the dog and hoping she will say it back.

 

[CRASH THE CUCK]

no

 

[AutistSupremacist]

no

Are you sure? it seems they have almost grasped it but just can't make the final step to saying a word.

 

[CRASH THE CUCK]

Are you sure?

yes

 

[JustAnotherCynic]

I think they can, but they could never fully understand language as the intellect of a dog and a human is very different.

Chinese room argument. The dog doesn't know what the word means, only knows that it will get something if he says it.

 

[XtremeMax]

this would be good because you can have a dog friend you can talk to easier

 

[RandomGuy]

Samoyed breed most humanlike. Fav among Japanese.

 

[Repulsive123]

Samoyed breed most humanlike. Fav among Japanese.

open up .is, get dogpilled, brutal shit.

 

[NDManlet173]

no

 

[VersoffenerAssi]

No, the mutt's brain is to small and it only barks because you're its food source. Don't humanize these things.

 

[VersoffenerAssi]

The dog doesn't know what the word means, only knows that it will get something if he says it.

This

 

[based_meme]

I think they can, but they could never fully understand language as the intellect of a dog and a human is very different.

Chinese room argument. The dog doesn't know what the word means, only knows that it will get something if he says it.

Not only that, but they don't have the vocal chords and the muscles in their mouths and tongues to generate the phonemes for human language, specifically consonants, even if they could understand human language.

JFL @ this thread.