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Nat Friedman - Reading Ancient Scrolls, Open Source, & AI

Dwarkesh Podcast

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Using Machine Learning to Read Lost Text From the Past

CNN's John Sutter is working with Daniel Gross on a project to read ancient Roman and Greek scrolls. The two are launching an open competition for the first person or team who can actually read like substantial amounts of real text from one of these scrolls without opening them. "The stakes are kind of big," says Sutter, 'and I'm really excited"

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