Ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets could be decoded by an AI

The 4500-year-old written tablets that shine a light on life in ancient Mesopotamia are often damaged, but a predictive AI trained on 104 languages can help fill in the gaps

Ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets could be decoded by an AI
Technology 16 September 2021

By Chris Stokel-Walker

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Enuma Elish, a Babylonian Epic of Creation, written connected cuneiform tablets successful Sumero-Akkadian publication successful the 7th period BC

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A heavy learning artificial quality (AI) exemplary tin foretell missing words, fragments and sentences from cuneiform tablets that are up to 4500 years old.

Clay tablets inscribed with text written successful the Akkadian connection are cardinal tools for knowing the cultures that existed successful and astir Mesopotamia – centred connected contiguous time Iraq – betwixt 2500 BC and 100 AD. But the tablets’ property means galore are damaged, with cardinal sections of substance missing. …

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