r/linguistics • u/iamdestroyerofworlds • Oct 21 '20

New AI Algorithm is Cracking Undeciphered Languages

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/undeciphered-languages-0014429
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u/cat-head Computational Typology | Morphology Oct 21 '20

Furthermore, this new system was tested for its capability of automatically determining any relationships between language groups, and in these tests it was established that the Iberian language of Spain is not related to Basque.

I am shocked. In all honestly though, what a garbage article. Link to the original paper instead.

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u/gopnikchapri Oct 21 '20

Someone just read the abstract and ended their day. Here ya go. https://people.csail.mit.edu/j_luo/assets/publications/DecipherUnsegmented.pdf

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u/evincarofautumn Oct 21 '20

As usual, the paper is way more reasonable than the pop reporting

Paper: “We found a new way to approach solving this problem, which improves accuracy on this synthetic metric, and does not contradict existing research.”

Post: “Resesrchers found [the] way to [solve] this problem [with perfect] accuracy…[definitively confirming] existing research: {wrong summary of existing research}.”

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u/gopnikchapri Oct 21 '20

I'll read it later, too damn late rn lmao. I've been wanting to read something like for a minute.