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Archaeologists Reconstruct the Face of a Man Killed in Mount Vesuvius Eruption

Researchers used skeletal remains and AI to imagine what one victim of Mount Vesuvius may have looked like.

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For all of the terrible uses for AI we constantly encounter out there in this fresh new hellscape of the internet, there are some positive uses out there. They are often found in scientific research, where artificial intelligence enables researchers to analyze massive datasets, leading to a series of incredible breakthroughs. I’m not sure if using an AI to invent the face of a guy who died during the eruption that destroyed Pompeii is one of those, but it’s still cool, I guess.

You’ve heard the history lesson probably dozens of times in your life, but just in case: the Roman city of Pompeii was buried under ash during the eruption of Mount........

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