Trio wins $700K Vesuvius Challenge grand prize for deciphering ancient scroll
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/trio-wins-700k-vesuvius-challenge-grand-prize-for-deciphering-ancient-scroll/ #vesuviuschallenge #decipher #scroll #Herculaneum #piso #CT
Trio wins $700K Vesuvius Challenge grand prize for deciphering ancient scroll - Enlarge / Text from one of the Herculaneum scrolls has been deciphered.... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2001066 #herculaneumscrolls #digitalunwrapping #vesuviuschallenge #ancienttexts #archaeology #science
A PhD student, a robotics student, and a 21-year-old CompSci student used AI to reveal text on an ancient scroll badly damaged by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/pka8m7/herculaneum-scroll-papyri-revealed-mount-vesuvius-challenge?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#tech-science #vesuviuschallenge #AI #History #Archeology #Scroll #Abstract
2000-Year Old Charred Manuscripts Reveal Their Secrets - Imagine trying to read a 2000-year old scroll from an ancient civilization. Now im... - https://hackaday.com/2023/11/02/2000-year-old-charred-manuscripts-reveal-their-secrets/ #vesuviuschallenge #hackadaycolumns #mischacks #papyrus #ctscan #scroll #sroll #x-ray #xray
21-year-old Luke Farritor became the first person in millennia to read the text on an ancient scroll using machine learning.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7bxq8/a-21-year-old-just-solved-a-2000-year-old-mystery-in-world-historical-breakthrough?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#tech-science #vesuviuschallenge #AI #History #archaeology #Abstract
