5000-Year-Old Tablets Can Now Be Decoded by Artificial Intelligence, New Research Reveals::Researchers in Germany have unveiled an AI system capable of deciphering ancient cuneiform texts with excellent accuracy.
5000-Year-Old Tablets Can Now Be Decoded by Artificial Intelligence, New Research Reveals::Researchers in Germany have unveiled an AI system capable of deciphering ancient cuneiform texts with excellent accuracy.
duuuude so much can be learned just from boring lists. exciting!
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a list, especially bulk lists, would belie frequencies and cadences of objects and services.
patterns emerge on usage, trade, priorities… possibly down to personal preferences of individual humans at the time.
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A lot of what we know about the construction of the Egyptian pyramids came from what are essentially ancient spreadsheets.
What they have eaten/cultivated on their fields, their organization structure, trading networks, stuff like that. Most what we know of Babylonian culture is from such lists (they were notorious for such lists).