Artificial Intelligence and the Assyrian Language
News and analysis of Assyrian and Assyrian-related issues worldwide.
In the world of Assyrian (Syriac) manuscripts, damage is more than decay; it is silence. A tear in a vellum leaf, a page charred by humidity or neglect, is not simply a technical problem for preservationists.
For the Assyrian people, it is the quiet erasure of a cultural heartbeat, a severed line of continuity to the language of Christ and the Assyrian civilization that gave the world its first universities, its first translations of Greek philosophy, and its bridges between East and West.
Scholars of the Assyrian Digital Humanities are using generative AI to visually reconstruct damaged or incomplete manuscripts.
Author's summary: AI helps preserve Assyrian manuscripts.