Users pit AI against the Voynich Manuscript — no one-shot solve, but some progress
apples_jimmy · x · 2026-09-22
A user spent credits having Google's Astra attack the Voynich Manuscript. It didn't one-shot the solve, but combed 17th-century manuscripts and did pixel-by-pixel comparisons, making some progress. He muses that many users' attempts could cumulatively teach the next model to crack such mysteries — a crowdsourced amortization of the cost, if only contributors could share the upside. Jimmy (applesjimmy) says he plans to try with future models, calling it well beyond current capabilities.
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