An AI contest for deciphering ancient texts

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   MeterMan on February 1, 2021 at 3:36 pm

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   Idea: An AI contest for deciphering ancient texts

   Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undeciphered...

   There are a stack of lost languages that still need to be cracked. The perfect learning problem for artificial intelligence. A prize for the winning AI developers would be a good incentive too.

   Undeciphered writing systems - Wikipedia

   Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un

   An undeciphered writing system is a written form of language that is not currently understood.

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   BenB on February 1, 2021 at 2:52 pm

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   Idea: An AI contest for deciphering ancient texts

   Link: https://www.translatemedia.com/translation...

   Would be great if something could decode the Indus Valley script. As mentioned here https://www.translatemedia.com/translation-blog/using-ai-crack-ancient-languages/

   Using AI to Crack Ancient Languages

   Link: https://www.translatemedia.com/t

   With artificial intelligence advancing in multiple industry sectors, can AI save lost ancient languages that have essentially vanished into history?

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   Mickey on February 1, 2021 at 2:40 pm

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   Idea: An AI contest for deciphering ancient texts

   Link: https://deepmind.com/...

   Get DeepMind on these problems, they matter more than winning at chess and go.

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   Cleo Flatular on February 1, 2021 at 2:10 pm

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   Idea: An AI contest for deciphering ancient texts

   Link: https://futurism.com/the-byte/mit-invents-...

   This exists already, maybe there are more of these deciphering algorithms out there that could compete to unravel ancient languages so a contest would be a good idea.

   MIT invents AI that could be used to decipher ancient languages

   Link: https://futurism.com/the-byte/mi

   Machine learning could be used to solve decades-old mysteries.

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   Clever Dick on February 1, 2021 at 1:53 pm

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   Idea: An AI contest for deciphering ancient texts

   Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/22204...

   It would have to be a contest between AIs as humans have already been left behind in this endeavour. Ironic the futuristic AIs will teach us about ourselves and our past, better than we could do ourselves.

   DeepMind AI beats humans at deciphering damaged ancient Greek tablets

   Link: https://www.newscientist.com/art

   An AI was trained on thousands of ancient Greek engravings to fill the gaps where there are missing or damaged words

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