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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Duncan Head on Jun 24, 2026, 04:52 PM

Title: AI reading burned Herculaneum texts (again)
Post by: Duncan Head on Jun 24, 2026, 04:52 PM
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/24/ai-read-papyrus-scroll-burnt-vesuvius-eruption

I suppose if here is any philosophy which can carry on being, well, philosophical, after being burned up by a volcano, then it would be Stoicism.

Title: Re: AI reading burned Herculaneum texts (again)
Post by: Nick Harbud on Jun 25, 2026, 08:03 AM
Better than a laundry list, I suppose.

Still, how do we know that what the AI has come up with bears any relationship to what might be on the page, rather than some demented hallucination it has dreamt up?

???