Vesuvius Scrolls Are Now Being Deciphered! A Win for Machine Learning and Human Ingenuity. [#DH]

Ten months ago, we launched the Vesuvius Challenge to solve the ancient problem of the Herculaneum Papyri, a library of scrolls that were flash-fried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Today we are overjoyed to announce that our crazy project has succeeded. After 2000… pic.twitter.com/fihs9ADb48

— Nat Friedman (@natfriedman) February 5, 2024

About the scrolls.

About the Vesuvius challenge.

H/t Tyler Cowen.