Piecing together an ancient epic was slow work until AI got involved

So despite a generation-spanning effort, about 30% of Gilgamesh remains missing and there are gaps in modern understanding both of the poem and Mesopotamian writing in general. Now, an artificial intelligence project called Fragmentarium is helping to fill some of these gaps. Led by Enrique Jiménez, a professor at the Institute of Assyriology of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, the Fragmentarium team uses machine learning to piece together digitised tablet fragments at a much faster pace than a human Assyriologist can.
Read The Rest at :