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The Houseplant Has Entered the Data Economy
· New York time
Startup Electric Plant has built an AI-powered translator intended to help humans interpret the subtle electrical signals moving through plant stems. The project treats those signals as information that could make plant activity more understandable. The important distinction is between interpreting biological signals and assuming plants converse like people. A useful system would connect signals with meaningful observations, not merely give a fern an entertaining personality. The idea turns a familiar domestic relationship around. Humans have long spoken to plants without expecting a reply. Now software seeks to make the listening part more informative. If the office plant eventually communicates anything, the strongest comic candidate remains a concise request to stop scheduling meetings beside it and start remembering the water.
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