AI is unlocking historical texts beforehand thought unreadable, doubtlessly revolutionizing historic analysis, in response to a Nature article. Neural networks have efficiently decoded burned Roman scrolls from Herculaneum, deciphered historical Chinese oracle bones, and translated huge Korean royal archives.
In a breakthrough achievement, researchers used AI to disclose 16 columns of Greek philosophical textual content from a charred Herculaneum scroll that had been unreadable for two,000 years. The know-how may assist students entry lots of extra unopened scrolls from Herculaneum and different historic collections worldwide.
