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EPISODE · Oct 28, 2023 · 20 MIN

The Vesuvius Challenge

from Let's Science · host Domenico

The Vesuvius Challenge is a scientific competition to unravel the text on burned papyri from the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum. Lindsay Sant and Lino Saubolle discuss the first milestone in which AI was used to read a word on a scroll which can never be unrolled and what comes next. The post The Vesuvius Challenge appeared first on StarQuest Media.

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