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Amateur may have cracked Linear A, a 120-year-old puzzle
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Tom Di Mino, a self-taught AI engineer, claims to have deciphered the Bronze-age Minoan writing system known as Linear A, a challenge that has perplexed linguistics experts for over a century. His claims are currently under review by linguistics experts at Rutgers and Cambridge.
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- Praise: Tom's approach has produced credible results, translating over 300 words of Linear A, which is unprecedented and could lead to significant breakthroughs in understanding ancient scripts.
- Praise: The involvement of Claude Code in Tom's work highlights the potential of AI tools to assist in complex linguistic challenges, opening new avenues for research.
- Praise: This attempt at decipherment is exciting and could revolutionize our understanding of Linear A, pending further validation from experts.
- Concern: There is skepticism about the validity of the claims until they are verified by experts, emphasizing the need for caution in accepting the results as conclusive.
- Concern: The fragmentary nature of the Linear A corpus raises concerns about the reliability of any decipherment attempts, as many texts consist of short lists and abbreviations.