The AI that deciphers ancient Greek graffiti
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Is Ithaca a Machine Learning Tool?
Ithaca is a machine learning tool that can predict missing text in ancient Greek inscriptions. By producing suggestions in the form of visualizations, ithica shows where its attention gets focused. It might highlight one region of text that makes it think an inscription is from 500 b c. Or key words might point to its being from a certain part of athens. This gives epigraphes the opportunity to understand ithaca's reasoning and get a new perspective on the inscription they are working on.
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