Artificial Intelligence May Have Cracked Voynich Manuscript

Posted by wharryman on Monday January 29, 2018 @07:29PM
from the gizmodo.com dept.

https://gizmodo.com/artificial-intelligence-may-have-cracked-freaky-600-yea-1822519232

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Re:Artificial Intelligence May Have Cracked Voynich Manuscript by ketralnis on Monday January 29, 2018 @08:52PM (#16262279)

This happens every few months, always with one or two sentences “decoded” and never another peep from the researcher. You should take this with a massive grain of salt.

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Re:Artificial Intelligence May Have Cracked Voynich Manuscript by ozzmotik on Monday January 29, 2018 @10:52PM (#16262771)

i recommend a whole NaCl crystal

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Re:Artificial Intelligence May Have Cracked Voynich Manuscript by zrth on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @12:56PM (#16267317)

Importantly, the researchers aren’t saying they’ve deciphered the entire Voynich manuscript. Rather, they’ve identified the language of origin (Hebrew), and a coding scheme in which letters have been arranged in a particular order (alphagram). Kondrak says the full meaning of the text won’t be known until historians of ancient Hebrew have a chance to study the deciphered text.

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Re:Artificial Intelligence May Have Cracked Voynich Manuscript by kevinwang on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @12:56AM (#16263193)

I wonder what future researchers will think about Kyle O'Quinn's twitter feed...

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