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AI reads text from ancient Herculaneum scroll for the first time

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AI reads text from ancient Herculaneum scroll for the first time

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News@lemmy.world · 9 months ago

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

AI reads text from ancient Herculaneum scroll for the first time

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And then BOOM! In all seriousness I couldn’t even imagine what that must have been like. Absolutely terrifying.
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  And there hadn’t been an eruption in so many centuries that they didn’t even know Vesuvius was a volcano.

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