Kondrak thought powerful artificial intelligence programs could help. 'There are still ancient scripts that remain undeciphered to this day' -Greg Kondrak, University of AlbertaBut Kondrak said there's much more to translation than feeding the Voynich into a computer. If it works, Kondrak suggests, similar methods could be used to translate scripts such a writing system used in ancient Crete. "One of our motivations was the ancient scripts. There are still ancient scripts that remain undeciphered to this day."

Source: CBC News January 25, 2018 17:47 UTC