Kosturdistan

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AI Clambake Launches AI Bubble Tracker(aiclambake.com)
2 points by Kosturdistan 2mo ago|1 comments
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by Kosturdistan 2mo ago
Track various "AI might be in trouble" indicators from the comfort of your own home. Mostly credit market stuff. Also: Michael Burry shorts (hahaha). Fun! Not financial advice.
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by Kosturdistan 3mo ago
One way to assess the validity of prior claims is to see how many words you can translate using their proposed system.
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by Kosturdistan 3mo ago
I'm not an expert on linguistics, but I will say that Crete at that time was polylingual. No one is saying that everyone on the island spoke this Minoan semitic language; only the semitic people on the island, and it was a diverse popu
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by Kosturdistan 3mo ago
I don't know if the agent ran the simulations or if the agent built software that ran the simulations. But Claude was used to run the simulations.
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by Kosturdistan 3mo ago
Skepticism is appropriate until the experts bless the work. I will point out however that all of the words Tom has translated provide strong support for his proposed phonetic values. And that's why I published the information prior to
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by Kosturdistan 3mo ago
Tom has entered the chat!
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by Kosturdistan 3mo ago
He has a working draft of a manuscript that may form the basis of a scholarly article, it has been shared with experts, and there is an excerpt of the paper in my blog post. I have also seen and read the paper with my own 2 eyes, I can&#x27
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by Kosturdistan 3mo ago
You know you have cracked it because using the proposed system you are able to translate the uncracked language. Also helpful if your proposed system for Linear A makes sense relative to related languages that are not Linear A. Tom's p
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by Kosturdistan 3mo ago
The lack of discovered inscriptions does make deciphering it harder, but it is possible!
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by Kosturdistan 3mo ago
I have seen and read his draft article, he's not comfortable sharing it publicly yet since it's being reviewed by experts.
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by Kosturdistan 3mo ago
You look at the proposed sound values and compare it to other known languages. Languages from the same family share grammar and vocabulary.
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by Kosturdistan 3mo ago
I drilled down on this with Tom. He thinks that it might not have happened without Claude Code, but Claude was used to organize all of the symbols, and to run I think it was 100,000 simulations to assess whether or not he had an actual insi
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by Kosturdistan 3mo ago
Tom thinks he may be able to use his approach to crack more languages, but that's not confirmed.
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by Kosturdistan 3mo ago
I haven't talked to him extensively about how he learned his engineering skills, but he is I believe 100% self taught. His background is in copywriting.
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by Kosturdistan 3mo ago
Thanks, I hope Tom is right, but now it's in the hands of the pros.
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by Kosturdistan 3mo ago
Claude helped, it did not do the work. It would have taken Tom more time to crack on his own, and it would have been harder, but the key insights were Tom's not Claude's.
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by Kosturdistan 3mo ago
Tom knows I'm a freelance writer and decided to give me the scoop. He's more interested in linguistics than he is in journalism.
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by Kosturdistan 3mo ago
You are correct!
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by Kosturdistan 3mo ago
Claude helped, but did not do the work. This was a human dude who had a very helpful assist from Claude
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by Kosturdistan 3mo ago
Claude code was used to organize the material and to run simulations. The simulations were to determine the likelihood that the text was Semitic vs Tom got lucky. Tom has assigned probabilities to each of the syllables he has proposed sound
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by Kosturdistan 3mo ago
The only write-up at the moment is my blog post, hopefully that changes in the coming weeks.
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AI Engineer Claims to Have Cracked Linear A(aiclambake.com)
448 points by Kosturdistan 3mo ago|182 comments
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by Kosturdistan 3mo ago
A lot of loonies make this claim, but Tom's work is credible enough that it's being reviewed by linguistics experts at Rutgers and Cambridge. Additional validation: his approach produces results. He's translated over 300 word