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Re:A short introduction to the undeciphered Aegean writing s... by senorsmile on Monday January 31, 2022 @11:29PM (#30158630)
There was some interesting insights they've made on the Indus Valley script here: https://youtu.be/a_-obTZO6pY
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Re:A short introduction to the undeciphered Aegean writing s... by shash on Monday January 31, 2022 @11:47PM (#30158730)
That’s more like statistical inference, applying insights from known languages to it. It’s not really ML. Also, it can give you some broad clues, but decipherment is still a massive leap.
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Re:A short introduction to the undeciphered Aegean writing s... by zozbot234 on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @07:47AM (#30161740)
By and large, ML is statistical inference albeit in less-than-rigorous form.
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