The AI that deciphers ancient Greek graffiti
Nature Podcast
Is Ithaca Able to Decipher the Mysteries of History?
Ithaca was trained on a large amount of data. Digetized inscriptions would have chunks removed by the team, like how a historian might be given a broken greek tablet and assessed to see if it was able to make valuable predictions. The historians involved in this study assessed themselves on a task and said that they were abot 25 % accurate. But with ithaca helping out, the experts said that their accuracy went up to 72%. And just on its own, ithaca achieves 62% accuracy.
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