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How DeepMind Uses Transformer Models to Help Restore Ancient Inscriptions
Ithaca is a transformer based architecture used to help historians restore ancient Greek text.
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Epigraphy or the study of ancient inscription has been a cornerstone of our understanding of past civilizations. A huge part of epigraphy has been devoted to the restoration of ancient inscriptions. This process is extremely challenges because a large percentage of those inscriptions are damage, missing text or using symbolic representations that are not fully understood. Last week, DeepMind published a research paper detailing their work on Ithaca, a transformer-based neural network that can help restore missing text from damaged…
