Using Artificial Intelligence to Translate Ancient Text and Find New Sites - Archaeotech 204

What this episode covers

While Paul is out we've got Rachel Roden guest co-hosting the show today. She's a co-host of The Archaeology Show with Chris. Today, they talk about three current news articles all referencing using AI in an archaeological context. AI is going to change the world and archaeology won't escape the revolution. Links * Segment 1 AI identifies 3 more 'Nazca Lines' figures in Peru [https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ai-identifies-3-more-nazca-lines-figures-in-peru]Accelerating the discovery of new Nasca geoglyphs using deep learning [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440323000559?via%3Dihub] * Segment 2 Researchers Use AI to Read Ancient Mesopotamian Texts [https://www.archaeology.org/news/11449-230518-artificial-intelligence-cuneiform]Translating Akkadian to English with neural machine translation  [https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad096] * Segment 3 A human–AI collaboration workflow for archaeological sites detection [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-36015-5]AI spots Mesopotamian archaeological sites in satellite images [https://www.newscientist.com/article/2360350-ai-spots-mesopotamian-archaeological-sites-in-satellite-images/]ARCHAEOLOGISTS USE AI TO IDENTIFY NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN MESOPOTAMIA [https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/archaeologists-use-ai-to-identify-new-archaeological-sites-in-mesopotamia/147592] Contact * Chris Webster Twitter: @archeowebby [http://www.twitter.com/archeowebby]Email: [email protected] * Paul Zimmerman Twitter: @lugal [http://www.twitter.com/lugal]Email: [email protected] ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724] Affiliates * Motion [https://www.archpodnet.com/motion] * Motley Fool Save $110 off the full list price of Stock Advisor for your first year, go to  https://zen.ai/apnfool and start your investing journey today! *$110 discount off of $199 per year list price. Membership will renew annually at the then current list price. * Laird Superfood Are you ready to feel more energized, focused, and supported? Go to https://zen.ai/thearchaeologypodnetworkfeed1 and add nourishing, plant-based foods to fuel you from sunrise to sunset. * Liquid I.V. Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/thearchaeologypodnetworkfeed to save 20% off anything you order.