Summary of An Open Dataset For the Evolution Of Oracle Bone Characters: Evobc, by Haisu Guan et al.
An open dataset for the evolution of oracle bone characters: EVOBC
by Haisu Guan, Jinpeng Wan, Yuliang Liu, Pengjie Wang, Kaile Zhang, Zhebin Kuang, Xinyu Wang, Xiang Bai, Lianwen Jin
First submitted to arxiv on: 23 Jan 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: None
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| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper tackles the challenge of deciphering ancient Chinese characters from oracle bone inscriptions, which are crucial for anthropology and archaeology. Despite the significance of this writing system, only around 1,600 out of over 4,500 extant characters have been understood to date. Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology holds promise in helping decipher these characters, particularly regarding their evolution. However, a major hurdle is the lack of datasets mapping the evolution of these characters over time. The researchers addressed this by systematically collecting ancient characters from authoritative texts and websites across six historical stages, resulting in the construction of an extensive dataset, EVolution Oracle Bone Characters (EVOBC), comprising 229,170 images representing 13,714 distinct character categories. Validation and simulated deciphering on this dataset demonstrate its high efficacy in aiding the study of oracle bone script. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps us understand ancient Chinese characters from oracle bones, which is important for learning about human history. So far, only a few hundred out of thousands of these characters have been figured out. The researchers want to use AI technology to help decipher these characters and learn more about how they changed over time. To do this, they collected lots of old characters from different eras and created a big dataset that can be used by other scholars. This dataset is like a key that helps us understand the ancient writing system better. |
