• Re: Babylonian text missing for 1,000 years deciphered with AI

    From Sam Plusnet@21:1/5 to Tilde on Sun Jul 6 18:59:52 2025
    XPost: sci.archaeology

    On 05/07/2025 05:42, Tilde wrote:

    https://www.popsci.com/science/missing-babylon-text-ai/

    A team of ancient literature experts have
    deciphered a Mesopotamain text that was missing
    for over 1,000 years. Etched on clay tablets,

    If AI leads to the assumption that cuneform is somehow "etched", then I
    suspect its translation is as trustworthy as the average election manifesto.

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    Sam Plusnet

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  • From Athel Cornish-Bowden@21:1/5 to Sam Plusnet on Sun Jul 6 20:35:00 2025
    On 2025-07-06 17:59:52 +0000, Sam Plusnet said:

    On 05/07/2025 05:42, Tilde wrote:

    https://www.popsci.com/science/missing-babylon-text-ai/

    A team of ancient literature experts have
    deciphered a Mesopotamain text that was missing
    for over 1,000 years. Etched on clay tablets,

    If AI leads to the assumption that cuneform is somehow "etched", then I suspect its translation is as trustworthy as the average election
    manifesto.

    Enrique Jim�nez seems to know how cuneiform tablers were produced, so
    it is probably Laura Baisas (the author of the aricle in Popular
    Science) that is confused. But is the problem that she doesn't know how cuneiform tablers were made, or she doesn't know what "etched" means?
    (Maybe both?)


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    Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 38 years; mainly
    in England until 1987.

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