A Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time

Re:A Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time by echelon on Thursday June 25, 2026 @01:29PM (#48676658)

Did anyone on the team come from a non-science, non-math, non-academia background? Did anyone working on this just teach themselves and start contributing?

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Re:A Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time by verditelabs on Thursday June 25, 2026 @01:36PM (#48676762)

Yes. Sean, who was a co-winner of the 2024 prize, IIRC has no formal background in ML, computer science, AI, etc. He is one of our core researchers and the most productive team member.

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Re:A Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time by fintechjock on Thursday June 25, 2026 @01:47PM (#48676899)

I've been on the Discord for a couple of years now, and poking around with submissions as well. Sean and the entire team deserve so much praise for all of this work.

It's easy to just read about the breakthrough and see it as one neat, linear line to get there, and hard to comprehend the hours, months and years that so many spent to get there. Big congrats to you, Sean, Nat and the entire team!

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Re:A Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time by echelon on Thursday June 25, 2026 @03:44PM (#48678290)

That's incredibly impressive.

Major kudos to all of you on your achievements! This is amazing work for anthropology and for society, and it's greatly appreciated.

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