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Papyrus scroll burnt to a crisp during Vesuvius eruption deciphered with help of AI | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
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[–] 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

"The text appears to be a philosophical discussion of ethics, arts and human behavior, probably reflecting Stoic thought, the researchers say. "

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    If I recall correctly, that's consistent with the other scrolls from that library that have been deciphered by different methods, so at least some of the text is likely to be correct.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Yeah if I remember correctly, the villa where these scrolls were found housed stoic philosophers or something. It was also originally owned by Julius Caesars father in law.

    I actually visited Herculaneum a couple of years ago. Pretty cool sight. You can see the charred wooden beams of this villa sticking out of the dirt cliff. When no one was looking I picked small a charred wooden bit off the ground. Probably shouldn't have done that, but there were lots of these small pieces just lying there on the ground, and I couldn't help myself.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    Slightly off-topic: has anyone else had YouTube's algorithm pushing AI-generated videos that claim to be about stoicism but with actual content that's PUA bullshit? It's all quite weird. Even the few that were really about stoicism were halfbaked crap.

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