AI (and human ingenuity) to the rescue
If you've ever had any doubt about the positive potential of AI for fundamental linguistic research of various types, here's a powerful example that will set your mind at rest.
"First passages of rolled-up Herculaneum scroll revealed: Researchers used artificial intelligence to decipher the text of 2,000-year-old charred papyrus scripts, unveiling musings on music and capers." By Jo Marchant, Nature (2/5/24).
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00346-8
With four striking illustrations, including a video and an animation, plus a separate related visual showing how the feat was accomplished.
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