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There are about 6,500 - 7,000 languages currently spoken in the world. According to some linguistic estimates, there may have been upwards of 31,000 in all of history. (31,001 if you count Vulcan?)
Every time a language dies, so goes a way of life, lore, and knowledge. Imagine life now if the Library of Alexandria had never burned.
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But what if you could figure out how to read the dead languages?
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The approach by the researchers focused on 4 key properties
The AI network achieved 67.3% translation of cognate (relative test) words.
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Next on the list? The team has begun translating Linear A, now that they’ve tried Linear B, to C if they can complete what linguists already have.
The implications are monumental. AI affords the opportunity to work tirelessly and accurately - as meatbags still require rest. The trade-off being the human imagination that so often makes the important connections (what if translating/comparing all these languages is the final spark Google’s AI needs for the singularity, if it hasn’t already 😮). Imagine an AI running 31,000 translations at once, unlocking secret after secret - Alexandria rebuilt.
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Imagine if we could replace The Library of Alexandria? AI could help! I wonder what kind of “dad jokes” ancient cultures had…(humor is an indicator of intelligence, after all)
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