"The disaster appeared to have destroyed the scrolls for good, but nearly 2,000 years later researchers have extracted the first word from one of the texts, using artificial intelligence to peer deep inside the delicate, charred remains."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/12/researchers-use-ai-to-read-word-on-ancient-scroll-burned-by-vesuvius #Science #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Italy #Archaeology #Museum #Classics #Ancient #History @science @archaeodons
@AmazingMeagen @bibliolater @science @archaeodons we used good old fashioned images and brains. Worked too.
@bibliolater @science @archaeodons Oh great, using a technology renowned for its fallibility for a task that nobody can check its accuracy.
Sounds like a great idea