With its vast memory, AI is far better at pattern recognition than humans could ever be, and because of this, computer scientist James Wang believes that AI can be used in art history. Art historians can benefit from an “objective third eye”, he says, to explain what they see in certain pieces. For example, it helped support the hypothesis that John Constable likely consulted Luke Howard’s nomenclature system for clouds to paint clouds so realistically in Cloud Study, scoring high in realism compared to actual pictures of clouds. Read full article here
Research
Researcher uses AI to make texts that are thousands of years old readable
The Gilgamesh Epic, the oldest work of world literature, has been brought back to life by LMU researchers in the Electronic Babylonian Literature project. Using their new Fragmentarium tool, they have discovered hundreds of manuscripts, including the most recent tablet of the Gilgamesh Epic which dates from 130 BC – thousands of years after the earliest known version. This shows how highly valued the Epic was, even at a late period. With the public release of the Fragmentarium, anyone can now explore the thousands of cuneiform fragments and explore the ancient Babylonian literature. Read full article here
Merv
March 12, 2023
