Thousands of ancient cuneiform tablets remain untranslated. A team of researchers have developed an AI to unlock their secrets.

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/985984

Researchers have unearthed hundreds of thousands of cuneiform tablets, but many remain untranslated. Translating an ancient language is a time-intensive process, and only a few hundred experts are qualified to perform it. A recent study describes a new AI that produces high-quality translations of ancient texts.

  • taters@lemmy.intai.techEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This is super cool. I’ve been thinking about using GPT to try to derive some meaning out of the Voynich manuscript, another one of a thousand projects I want to start