The origami of life
Digging up the past
Materials and the cosmos
The language of math and logic
007skaty Cuneiform AI Translation
Wedges on clay, A.I. reads the signs, translating the past today.
007skaty The Vesuvius Challenge combined high resolution CT scans with AI pattern recognition to reveal invisible ink and read the word purple.
Which ancient Roman city, buried alongside Pompeii, preserved the charred scrolls being read by AI?
What was the first Greek word successfully deciphered by AI from the carbonized Vesuvius scrolls?
007skaty Airborne lasers and smart algorithms map ancient ruins hidden beneath dense tropical forests.
In which country did AI analyze LiDAR data to discover over 61,000 hidden Mayan structures?
What technology does AI analyze to 'see' through dense jungle canopies and find archaeological ruins?
Ancient scroll reading: The charred Herculaneum scrolls are so fragile that touching them can turn them to dust, making AI the only way to read them.
Which university led the research team that paired with IBM's AI to find new Nazca geoglyphs?
A remote sensing technology that uses pulsed laser light to measure distances and map surfaces. In 2018, researchers used laser scans to reveal sixty thousand hidden Maya structures buried under Guatemalan jungles.
What ancient Mesopotamian language was the AI translation model trained on in 2023?
Which ancient writing system, written on clay tablets, is AI now translating into English?