alt Hacker NewsA 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 words, and that's never been done before, and his solution actually solves some problems in Linear B. Tom is an AI engineer, and Claude Code was key to his work. Disclosures: I know Tom socially, and I wrote the post at the link.
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Amazing work and refreshing to see a well written and cogent post to summarise it. Would love to hear more about how he used Claude to help solve the puzzle.
You know him socially but is there a reason you’re writing this rather than him? It looks like he has his own web presence.
Cynical read would be you’re stealing his thunder a bit by prematurely announcing this before it’s fully confirmed
Let's wait until it's been verified.