Question

Will the automated decipherment of enciphered historical manuscripts change history?

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Total Forecasters62

Community Prediction76% (71.5% - 80%)

Make a Prediction

50%

community: 76%

Authors:

uganda

Opened:

May 29, 2022

Closes:

Dec 31, 2054

Scheduled resolution:

Jan 1, 2055

AI Demonstrations

Computing and Math

Artificial Intelligence

Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts

Middle Ages

19th century

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