A New Chatbot Wants to Unlock the Secrets in Tattered Ancient #Greek Records - https://www.wired.com/story/apollo-ai-model-ancient-greek-secrets-papyrus/ "In the hope of uncovering new details about ancient life, researchers have developed a large language model that fills in the gaps in papyrus fragments." #linguistics
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@glynmoody
The most plausible speculation is still only speculation, even if you automate it so the biases and influences that feed into the speculation are spread over a mathematical model instead of in a researcher's head.
If the LLM fills in a gap with something that the text around it doesn't *directly support* then it's not unlocking secrets or uncovering anything, it's making shit up.