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Latin inscriptions are considered difficult to interpret. A new artificial intelligence can now decipher such Roman texts and complement missing elements. Can this solve great riddles of antiquity?
British scientists and experts from Google DeepMind's lab have developed a program that, using artificial intelligence technology, will help historians analyse, compare and restore inscriptions on monuments, walls and objects — and thus fill gaps in our knowledge of the history of ancient Rome.
About 1,500 Latin inscriptions are discovered every year
The AI Aeneas can complement and categorize ancient inscriptions preserved in fragments. In cooperation with historians, there are better results.
Researchers at Google DeepMind have developed a revolutionary artificial intelligence model, called “Aeneas,” that can decipher and reconstruct Latin inscriptions from the Roman Empire with impressive accuracy. The development is based on an algorithm that learns patterns in both the language structure and images of the ancient texts, and provides estimates of where and when they were composed, as well as completing missing sections – sometimes …
AI tool helps scholars restore and decode ancient Roman inscriptions with missing words
Every year, approximately 1,500 ancient Latin inscriptions are found within the territory of the former Roman Empire. These texts—carved on stone, painted on walls, or engraved on monuments—provide insight into the lives of everyday Romans. Time has reduced many of them to a damaged and incomplete form, making them hard to interpret. Now, researchers at […]
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