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The method has nothing to do with the marketing slopWord AI. It is #ML = #MachineLearning which is often used in science. Better read the study.

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2026-01-30 10:47:55

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Over 32,000 medieval manuscripts transcribed in four months using AI

Medievalists can now access automated transcriptions of 32,763 digitised medieval manuscripts, produced in just four months as part of a project called CoMMA—a large-scale corpus designed to make manuscript texts searchable and analysable at a scale that would be impossible to tackle by hand.

medievalists.net/2026/01/32000…

Original paper:
inria.hal.science/hal-05299220

The CoMMA website:
comma.inria.fr/homepage

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First page of Chronicon Pictum, the "Illuminated Chronicle" from the court of King Louis the Great of Hungary from 1358. Main illumination shows: A multi-paneled scene within an elaborate architectural frame Central figure: A crowned king (likely representing Hungarian royalty) seated on a throne Left panel: Armed warriors or knights Right panel: Groups of courtiers or nobles Rich colors: deep blues, reds, golds, and ochres Gothic architectural elements including towers and arches Latin text in two columns Red lettering (rubrics) for important headings and initial words Black text for the main chronicle Beautiful calligraphy in Gothic script https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminated_manuscript#/media/File:K%C3%A9pes_kr%C3%B3nika_els%C5%91_lapja.jpg

Over 32,000 medieval manuscripts transcribed in four months using AI - Medievalists.net

A new AI-powered tool that has transcribed over 32,000 medieval manuscripts in four months, giving researchers a vast, searchable corpus and new ways to examine historical sources.
Medievalists.net

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@Petra van Cronenburg We really need a different term to seperate normal uses like this from the slop that's being pushed on us
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@vextaur We do have these terms. They all can be found more in Wikipedia than in slop marketing speech. 😉 In science, it's mostly machine learning.
Meanwhile, I try to avoid the abbreviation AI, or prefer #ArtificialIdiocy for all that popular LLM or GPT slop moneymaking systems. 😎
#artificialidiocy @🌴 Seph 💭 👾
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