Can artificial intelligence reveal the secrets of the ancients

AI is helping historians rewrite history, literally. A new study published in the journal Nature reports that AI can fill in gaps in ancient Greek inscriptions and indicate where and when they were made. The article notes that "over the centuries, many inscriptions have been damaged to the point of illegibility, moved far from their original place, and the date of their writing is in a state of uncertainty." According to TRTWorld, the researchers claim that the new artificial intelligence system they have developed can not only accurately read ancient Greek inscriptions, but also fill in gaps in the text caused by damage, and even determine their chronological and geographical location. Dr. Thea Sommerschild is a co-author of a study conducted by Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Harvard University, and artificial intelligence company DeepMind. Explaining the importance of the inscriptions for historians, she said that they are evidence of the thought, language, society and history of ancient civilizations, as they were written directly by the people of those times, reports the Guardian.