Machine-learning technique reveals Greek words in CT scans of rolled-up papyrus.

A student, as part of a contest, used a machine-learning algorithm and CT scans to analyse on closed scrolls, buried by Mount Vesuvius in October AD 79. The breakthrough could unlock the contents of hundreds of never-before-seen writings.

    • JamesBean
      20•1 year ago

      I want an AI based translation of all the Dead Sea Scrolls as long as we can remove the bias from the training data.

      Emphasis mine. So then you don’t want an AI based translation of all the Dead Sea Scrolls?

    • @chakan2English
      8•1 year ago

      Reality is biased.

    • @afraid_of_zombiesEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      All the Dead Sea Scrolls that we know of. I am about 90% sure we have them all, 10% that the Vatican has a text fragments or two that they are sitting on.

      It shouldn’t take 40-45 years to take a few photographs and any translation difficulties would be better solved by the community vs individual professors.

    • @MysticKetchupEnglish
      0•1 year ago

      I don’t see the point, I’ve never seen an AI that can translate better than a human

      • @[email protected]English
        2•1 year ago

        That doesn’t mean one doesn’t exist. Think of how far video transcription has come in the last decade. AI will absolutely surpass human ability to quickly and very accurately translate text.

      • HeratikiEnglish
        -2•1 year ago

        Regardless of capability a human will have a bias. So maybe have multiple humans of varying beliefs and then have the AI train to remove the bias?