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AI reads text from ancient Herculaneum scroll for the first time (www.nature.com)

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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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[-] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

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

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