A student wins a contest to read the text inside a carbonized Roman scroll, which had been unreadable since a volcanic eruption in AD 79, using an ML algorithm
A 21-year-old computer-science student has won a global contest to read the first text inside a carbonized scroll …
Nature Jo Marchant
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- This is pretty damn amazing. Reading letters no one has seen in 1950 years. Our increasing (and good!) awareness of all the world's hardships makes it easy to forget that we also live in a time of wonders. https://scrollprize.org/... @luis_in_brief@social.coop · Luis Villa
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- This is an absolutely fascinating use case for AI when it comes to Information & Data Management, with an archival lens. … Stephen Clarke BA
- Just a little story from the science journal Nature, for those of you that think about the #RomanEmpire on a regular basis... https://lnkd.in/... Craig Bennett
- This makes we wonder what future generations will do with the historical information they will have at their disposal. — How will they possibly discern what matters? … Michael Robbins
- The Vesuvius Challenge is a machine learning and computer vision competition to read the Herculaneum Papyri, that cannot be “unscrolled” without destroying them. … Emanuele C.
- A tangible benefit example of AI when coupled with powerful processing capability... https://lnkd.in/ePUw9dH4 Niall Ogilvy
- OMG are we going to read the Herculaneum papyrus scrolls? Machine learning to decipher low contrast CT scans of the carbonized scrolls? Let's go! … Allison Lewis
- Just a little story from the science journal Nature, for those of you that think about the #RomanEmpire on a regular basis... https://lnkd.in/eMAPG8nM Craig Bennett
- 🔍 **AI Deciphers Ancient Scrolls: Unlocking Untapped Knowledge** — 21-year-old Luke Farritor used machine learning to read text … Shawn Beck
- I'm a fan of history, technology, and Italy. This has it all! Amazing how Machine Learning is being applied and how we can read texts from the past which would otherwise have remained lost forever Daniel Holgate
- First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by CS student Hacker News
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@col000r@mastodon.gamedev.place
Markus
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See - this is a good use of machine learning! Making text in ancient scrolls readable. https://www.nature.com/... #machinelearning
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@natfriedman
Nat Friedman
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Today we are announcing a major breakthrough in the Vesuvius Challenge: we have read the first word from an unopened Herculaneum scroll. The word is “πορφυρας” which means “purple dye” or “cloths of purple.” Congratulations to 21yo computer science student @LukeFarritor who is th…
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What a day! Could not be more thankful. So much support from so many people. This is just the beginning - I won't let you all down!
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@omar4ur
Omar Shehata
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Super cool to see progress on this! This is history/computer vision research happening out in the open, in Discord, by volunteers all over the world And they just decoded a phrase in an unopened ancient scroll!
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@wallaceme
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This is hugely exciting; there are 100s of carbonised Herculaneum scrolls, which may well include many texts by philosophers + historians lost to the historical record except as references in other surviving works. Reading them offers a leap in our knowledge of the ancient world
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@kseniase_
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What a wonder! In essence, Herculaneum scrolls act as both historical treasure and a modern-day litmus test for advanced imaging techniques. The fusion of past and future in rolled papyrus! Some facts below ->
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@natfriedman
Nat Friedman
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Credit is due to the brave donors who took a chance on this project when it wasn't at all clear that it would work. Thank you for your sense of adventure, @JosephJacks_ @AlexanderGerko @patrickc @collision @photomatt @tobi @rauchg @ArthurB @matthuang @juliadewahl @dwr @Basti... […
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@tim_zaman
Tim Zaman
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These projects are the best way for people to get into CS. Grand scope with many mini objectives. They will force you to pick up skills and tools you'll use throughout your career. Reminds me of Zodiac Cipher crack a few years back https://www.iflscience.com/...
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@lukefarritor
Luke Farritor
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@KennethCassel It was 1am on a Saturday night, I was walking home from a party and randomly opened my phone to check the model progress. Saw the letters you saw here (though less clear) and freaked out
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@jomarchant
Jo Marchant
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First text from inside intact Herculaneum scrolls! And they'll have more very soon... My piece for @Nature - most exciting story I've worked on in a long time https://www.nature.com/...
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@steve_sailer
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Here's some good news. There's been a million dollar contest going on to figure out how to use high tech to read a Herculaneum library of extremely fragile scrolls that were damaged by the 79 AD Mt. Vesuvius eruption. This open source project is now making progress.
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@natfriedman
Nat Friedman
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@elonmusk this was done by a SpaceX intern, btw!
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Gareth Harney
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A tidal wave of new primary sources from the ancient world could very soon be on its way - enough to keep scholars busy for decades! The first words have being read from digitally ‘unrolled’ carbonised scrolls from a Roman library in Herculaneum! (Image: Nat Friedman) [image]
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@youssef_m_nader
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Thank you @natfriedman for the shoutout, and for organising this great (addictive) challenge! This challenge has been quite an incredible journey and I can't wait for what's yet to come.
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@natfriedman
Nat Friedman
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But there's more: a few days ago, @Youssef_M_Nader, working with new segmentations from the Vesuvius Challenge segmentation team, was able to generate this image of stunning clarity and size: This is the revolution in digital papyrology that Dr. Seales has created. Nothing like..…
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