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What if we never found the Rosetta Stone and could not read ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. Could computers or AI decipher them today?

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[โ€“] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yes, it has already deciphered some languages and is even being used on animals now.

[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 year ago

If I read correctly, they taught it to decipher cuneiform using the known translations. It didn't "crack it" itself.

[โ€“] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really hope they can use this to decipher the Harappan script. That's like the holy grail of lost languages for me. I want to know so badly!

[โ€“] Jaywarbs@artemis.camp 3 points 1 year ago

Have them do the Voynich Manuscript too!

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