That was then, this is now, hail Nat Friedman edition!

We're using a particle accelerator and AI to read a lost library from a dead empire.

People have been trying to read the Herculaneum Papyri for 275 years.

With your help, we'll do it in 2023.

Thrilled to announce the Vesuvius Challenge:https://t.co/KYVyona2fW pic.twitter.com/Fl8o0kp1O6

— Nat Friedman (@natfriedman) March 15, 2023

Here is further commentary from Nat:”This is how you know we’re running low on training data…How would the ancient Romans feel if they knew that 2000 years later, we would be using particle accelerators and supercomputers to read their words, preserve them for eternity, and whisper them into the ear of a baby god?…Ascension”