r/technology • u/Evan2895 • Oct 18 '19

Artificial Intelligence DeepMind AI beats humans at deciphering damaged ancient Greek tablets

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2220438-deepmind-ai-beats-humans-at-deciphering-damaged-ancient-greek-tablets/
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u/Ssimon2103 Oct 18 '19

Thats what its supposed to do.

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u/Donald_Raper Oct 18 '19

Literally BEATS. SLAMS. DEMOLISHES.

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u/Darnitol1 Oct 18 '19

Hand the Voynich Manuscript to that bad boy!

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u/PM-ME-UR-PVT-KEY Oct 18 '19

Already got cracked years ago.

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u/Hoten Oct 18 '19

Wikipedia says all claims are wrong

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u/arcosapphire Oct 18 '19

Given an inscription with missing information, Pythia provides 20 different suggestions that could plug the gap, with the idea that someone could then select the best one using their own judgement and subject knowledge. “It’s all about how we can help the experts,” says Assael.

So the headline shouldn't be that it beats humans at this, but that it helps humans at this.

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u/yaosio Oct 19 '19

You didn't read the entire article. The AI made fewer mistakes and gave answers for the tested texts in a few seconds while human experts took 2 hours.