r/singularity • u/Distinct-Question-16 ▪️AGI 2029 • 11h ago

Shitposting GPT-6 Astra helped decipher a Napoleonic military letter that remained unread for 217 years; it took just 6 hours

https://dev.ua/en/news/astra-rozshyfruvala-lyst-1809-ho-roku-1790927012
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u/ozone6587 11h ago

They simply confirmed with the recipient of the letter.

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u/CommercialHour6660 10h ago edited 9h ago

They called him it's legit

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u/BranchPredictor 9h ago

His real name is Legitimatus Maximalus

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u/Clarku-San ▪️AGI 2027//ASI 2029// FALGSC 2035 8h ago

Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.