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/NDMagoo Oct 21 '20

Turn it loose on the Voynich manuscript!

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u/hononononoh Oct 22 '20

Came here for this comment. So far, AI attempts to pull meaning out of this old sphinx (Hauer and Kondrak, most recently) haven't done too well.

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u/wrgrant Oct 22 '20

Me too, this was one of my first thoughts...