Earth Species Project is using AI to understand animal communication.
And they're storing benchmark datasets training data on Filecoin.
Here's why:
BEANS-Zero is a benchmark dataset of bioacoustic recordings: whale songs, bird calls, frog croaks across hundreds of species.
ESP used this dataset to evaluate NatureLM-audio, the first AI foundation model for bioacoustics.
What the trained AI can now do:
– Identify thousands of species by their vocalizations
– Predict sex and life stages from sound
– Uncover communication patterns scientists couldn't analyze before
– All using natural language prompts (no coding required)
So why store the evaluation dataset on Filecoin?
Because AI breakthroughs depend on accessible data. If BEANS-Zero disappeared (server failure, lost funding, shutdown), no one could verify ESP's results or build on this research.
Open science requires open infrastructure.
Decentralized storage ensures:
✓ Results are reproducible and verifiable
✓ Data integrity is cryptographically proven
✓ Long-term availability doesn't depend on single institutions
In collaboration with @FFDWeb, ESP demonstrates how serious science works.
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