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AI reads text from ancient Herculaneum scroll for the first time (www.nature.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Bebo@literature.cafe to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I want an AI based translation of allthe Dead Sea Scrolls as long as we can remove the bias from the training data. Bonus points of it can additionally qualify reasoning for translations. So we can error check.

[–] chakan2@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Reality is biased.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 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.

[–] MysticKetchup@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

AI is waaaay better for English to Chinese translation, I can tell you that from experience in my personal life.

There's a lot of nuance to translation, especially for languages with completely different structures.

Not seeing the point of everything you've never seen is a good way to get poked in the eyes my friend.

[–] Heratiki@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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?

[–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

AI might also have a bias depending on its training data.