Brent Seales - How AI Is Reading the Only Library That Survived Antiquity (Ep. 328)

I'm here today with professor of computer science of the University of Kentucky, Dr. Brent Seals, to talk about his incredible work with the Herculaneum scrolls at the Villa Papyri in Naples, Italy. Hey Brett. Good to have you here today. It's so good to see you in person again.

You've been incredibly busy and productive this summer. You are in the news. literally all around the world, certainly here in the United States, but also in Italy, Germany, England, France for the work you're doing at Herculaneum in Naples, Italy. You had a big June announcement. You know, I I I'm I'm privileged to know a lot about this because, you know, Addison Adventures were literally doing the film on you guys.

It broke on deadline, you know, a few weeks ago. But um I wanted to start uh my time with you now with an excerpt from an article in Scientific American. So here it is. So, how do you read a book you can't open?

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