Some corporations market products made from what seem to be the modern-day equivalent of slave labour. Correctional facilities in Colorado and Louisiana, among others, force their prisoners to work the fields on site in the service of others for as little as four cents an hour. Although there have been efforts to protest against these corporations and their customers, the prison system has largely ignored their demands of fair compensation and better working conditions.
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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
