Using LLMs to trace alchemical knowledge and decode 17th century letters

Using LLMs to trace alchemical knowledge and decode 17th century letters(resobscura.substack.com)

23 points by benbreen 1 hour ago | 4 comments

z_rho_one 16 minutes ago |

Great use case of AI. Almost 4 years after the sensational release of GPT3.5, the best use case of AI is still being a powerful search engine that can gather information from all corners of the digital world.

riazrizvi 40 minutes ago |

This is a strong application of LLMs IMO. They are idea machines. Historical ways of thinking give us different paths to explore the world through.

whythismatters 23 minutes ago |

Great post, thank you! So, let's resolve ancient Near East chronology and determine an absolute date for the sack of Babylon?

b112 24 minutes ago |

I'm guessing it wasn't Claude 5.5, not with the "dangerous" nature of this work.