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AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano

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By JILL LAWLESS and PAN PYLAS

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Great stuff. I just hope they aren't allowing AI to hallucinate on the contents.

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Would be better to transition to a non-AI solution once one can be figured out.

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They managed to decipher the last entry of one of the papyruses, it said:

"The Vesuvius had been making strange sounds lately, I hope it doesn't burst or anything..."

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