AI reads text from ancient Herculaneum scroll for the first time

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03212-1

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

40 points · 4 comments · view on lemmy.world

4 Comments

ebits21@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y

Very cool!

scytale@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y

Now this is a good use of AI/ML.

FinalBoy1975@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Reminds me of fiction.

JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 2y

Yay! I hope this opens up the other ones to! If I'm remembering correctly, I think we have an enormous trove of scrolls that were previously unreadable.