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5000-Year-Old Tablets Can Now Be Decoded by Artificial Intelligence, New Research Reveals

https:// thedebrief.org /5000-year-old-tablets-can-now-be-decoded-by-artificial-intelligence-new-research-reveals/

5000-Year-Old Tablets Can Now Be Decoded by Artificial Intelligence, New Research Reveals::Researchers in Germany have unveiled an AI system capable of deciphering ancient cuneiform texts with excellent accuracy.

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Here's to hoping it's more complaints regarding the inferior copper quality of everyone's favorite con artist Ea-Nasir

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- Be... sure... to... drink -- Oh, for fuck's sake.
  
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  A crummy commercial?
  
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- Ea-Nasir has got to be one of my favourite internet phenomena
  
  Explainer link for people who are blessed enough to be hearing of this for the first time: https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/who-is-ea-nasir-and-why-are-people-complaining-about-his-copper-the-viral-complaint-tablet-meme-explained
  
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  First timer here, thanks!
  
  All I can think of right now is how pissed those people had to be about the copper quality to carve their grievances onto a complaint tablet.
  
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- duuuude so much can be learned just from boring lists. exciting!
  
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I highly suggest looking up Irving Finkel if you want to learn more about Cuneiform.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THA1Ez_kw0g is one of my favorites but he's extremely entertaining in everything he does.

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- His video with Tom Scott and Game of Ur is awesome.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZskjLq040I
  
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  Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
  
  https://www.piped.video/watch?v=WZskjLq040I
  
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- Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
  
  https://www.piped.video/watch?v=THA1Ez_kw0g
  
  Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
  
  I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.
  
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“ Be sure to drink your Ovaltine”

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Archeologists: fascinating, it's a grocery list!

AI researcher: dangit this letter keeps demolishing my roc curve...

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- Drink your ovaltine
  
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- Vöøyniytschz Manuscript. For sure the guaranteed correct spelling.
  
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  I'm fairly certain that was written and illustrated by an insane person, a kid, or a grifter. Still cool, tho
  
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Mainz baby!

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