YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFW14zSYiFY Prof. Greg Kondrak is a computer scientist who used Machine Learning to help decode the Voynich Manuscript and Dorabella Cipher. Sponsors: - Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/TOE for 20% off - *New* TOE Website (early access to episodes): https://theoriesofeverything.org/ - Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal - Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE - PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE - Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt - Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs - iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast... - Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b9... - Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeveryt... LINKS MENTIONED: TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:03:07 Overview of the difficulty of the Voynich Manuscript 00:04:53 There is no other document like Voynich 00:11:17 The controversy of the Voynich 00:12:38 All language is decipherment 00:27:51 "It is not simple at all" 00:30:49 The Dorabella cipher 00:33:05 Voynich may not be a human language 00:35:05 Universal concepts in language (fighting Chomsky) 00:43:37 ChatGPT knows nothing 00:44:41 AI doesn't have "truth" 00:47:09 Multiple language theory (Voynich) 00:48:34 Artificial intelligence lacks motivations 00:51:48 What rivals the Voynich? 00:53:05 "Puzzles made me a better scientist" 00:56:26 The Zodiac cipher 01:01:27 The problem of "language understanding" has been solved 01:06:48 Training AI in ethics 01:13:53 Chinese and English are superior (analytically) 01:19:35 Proving what the Voynich was and wasn't Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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