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•8 months 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?