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Three students won the Vesuvius Challenge and a $700,000 prize for using AI to translate previously unreadable text from the Herculaneum papyri, buried during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. The passages they uncovered discuss "how to enjoy life's pleasures." The competition aims to decode the ancient scrolls, and the founders hope to eventually read the entirety of all 800 scrolls using AI and machine learning.
Archeologists have used artificial intelligence to decipher some of the ancient text from the Herculaneum papyri, a collection of around 1,000 scrolls carbonized during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. A global competition, the Vesuvius Challenge, offered $1 million in prizes to anyone who could find a way to read the remaining closed scrolls, most of which are preserved in a library in Naples. A team of three students won the $700,000 grand prize after training machine-learning algorithms on scans and were able to read 2,000 letters from the scroll, revealing new text from the ancient world that has never been seen before. This breakthrough has been hailed as revolutionary by experts in the field.
Three young scientists have won the grand prize in the Vesuvius Challenge for using machine learning to decipher previously unreadable passages on Herculaneum scrolls, which were buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago. By digitally "unwrapping" the scrolls using computed tomography and machine-learning technology, they were able to read four passages without unrolling the fragile documents, revealing unknown texts by Philodemus, the villa's philosopher-in-residence. This breakthrough provides a unique window into the classical world and sets the stage for further discoveries in 2024.
Researchers have used artificial intelligence to decipher nearly complete passages from the famously inscrutable Herculaneum scrolls, shedding light on ancient philosophy from almost 2,000 years ago. By employing computer technology and advanced AI, more than 2,000 characters have been deciphered from a scroll without unrolling and risking damage to the extremely fragile documents. The team of researchers, winners of the Vesuvius Challenge, uncovered the text using a technique known as "virtual unwrapping" and hope to decipher almost an entire scroll this year, with a new grand prize contest offering a cash prize for the first team that can decipher at least 90% of all four scrolls released on the contest's website.
Three students have won a $700,000 prize for using AI to decipher a 2,000-year-old scroll charred during the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79AD, believed to have belonged to Julius Caesar's father-in-law and discussing music and food. The breakthrough is considered a "revolution" in Greek philosophy, as the AI model has deciphered 5% of the text, revealing discussions on the sources of pleasure in life. The team behind the Vesuvius Challenge aims to use this technology to eventually read all 800 scrolls discovered in the Roman town of Herculaneum.
A computer science student used an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 GPU to decipher a single word from the heavily charred Herculaneum scrolls, earning him $40,000 in the Vesuvius Challenge organized by GitHub CEO Nat Friedman. The AI model trained on the GPU detected "crackle patterns" to reveal the word πορφυρας (or porphyras), meaning "purple" or purple dye used in clothing. The next challenge is to find passages that are 144 characters long, with a prize of $700,000 for retrieving four distinct passages.