Artificial Intelligence

6 ways AI is helping us learn more about our past - and future

Artificial intelligence (AI) is usually associated with getting us to the future faster.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is usually associated with getting us to the future faster. Image: Unsplash/ Luca Bravo

Victoria Masterson
Senior Writer, Forum Agenda
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An artificial intelligence algorithm called Ithaca is helping historians restore ancient Greek inscriptions.
An inscription showing artificial intelligence algorithm helping historians restore Greek inscriptions. Image: Nature.

Scientists in Japan used artificial intelligence (AI) to predict future temperatures by analyzing past data.
Scientists in Japan used artificial intelligence (AI) to predict future temperatures by analyzing past data. Image: Frontiers.

Two scribes wrote the 4th century BC Dead Sea Scrolls, not one, artificial intelligence researchers discovered.
Two scribes wrote the 4th century BC Dead Sea Scrolls, not one, artificial intelligence researchers discovered. Image: Plos One.

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