Using Artificial Intelligence to Translate Ancient Text and Find New Sites - TAS 228

What this episode covers

We're playing an episode of the ArchaeoTech podcast for you on today's episode. However, it was one that Chris and Rachel took over to do some tech-related news stories. We talk about artificial intelligence and how it's being used to translate ancient text and find new sites. 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 [email protected] * Rachel Roden [email protected] RachelUnraveled (Instagram) [https://www.instagram.com/rachelunraveled/] 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.