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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Duncan Head on October 12, 2023, 07:25:18 PM

Title: One word read on Vesuvius-burned scroll
Post by: Duncan Head on October 12, 2023, 07:25:18 PM
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/12/researchers-use-ai-to-read-word-on-ancient-scroll-burned-by-vesuvius

With a bit of luck, AI will find this sort of thing more interesting than taking over the world.
Title: Re: One word read on Vesuvius-burned scroll
Post by: Keraunos on October 12, 2023, 07:40:23 PM
Yes indeed, a great use for AI.  Let's just hope that they are not all household account rolls!
Title: Re: One word read on Vesuvius-burned scroll
Post by: Jon Freitag on October 12, 2023, 08:07:11 PM
Quote from: Duncan Head on October 12, 2023, 07:25:18 PMhttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/12/researchers-use-ai-to-read-word-on-ancient-scroll-burned-by-vesuvius

With a bit of luck, AI will find this sort of thing more interesting than taking over the world.
Yes, this is much more useful task for AI than World Domination.
Title: Re: One word read on Vesuvius-burned scroll
Post by: Nick Harbud on October 15, 2023, 08:49:54 PM
Just one word?  Even my 4-year old grandson can do better than that (but not in Latin.)

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