João Gonçalo Bilhim

[UoM Egyptology @UoMEgyptology]

Egyptologists representing at the #GreatManchesterRun!

[Dr Nicky Nielsen @N_Nielsen4]

I am super pleased to get a chance to teach one of my favourite topics, Ancient Egyptian warfare, with @TheEES starting June 13th! You can sign up here: https://t.co/iSPUnrRnR2

[João Gonçalo Bilhim @joaobi]

Pushing out one last essay for the Diploma listening to Akhnaten by Philip Glass to stay focused 😅

[Kelee Siat 📚 @KeleeSiat]

@UoMEgyptology Such excellent news! Congratulations!

[João Gonçalo Bilhim @joaobi]

Generative AI can accelerate the Humanities field into a new era. Here is my experience building a chatbot that was "trained" over a custom dataset of over 2000 freely available Egyptology PDFs. #GenerativeAI #DigitalHumanities #Egyptology
https://t.co/6QS0XeBNkb

[Nat Friedman @natfriedman]

Today we are announcing a major breakthrough in the Vesuvius Challenge: we have read the first word from an unopened Herculaneum scroll.
The word is "πορφυρας" which means "purple dye" or "cloths of purple."

https://t.co/mSbHtzNbAl

Congratulations to 21yo computer science student @LukeFarritor who is the first person to see this handwriting in nearly 2000 years. He has won the $40,000 First Letters prize for this world-historical achievement.

We are also awarding a $10,000 First Ink prize to @CJHandmer who was the first person to see ink and multiple letters within an unopened scroll. His work was the basis of Luke's ML model.

And @Youssef_M_Nader has won a $10,000 second-place First Letters prize for producing the clearest and most comprehensive images from inside a scroll yet.

This has been the dream of many people since the scrolls were first discovered in the 1750s. It is also the result of 20 years of work from Dr. Brent Seales and his team at EduceLab, whose years of dedicated work have made this last mile possible.

The $700,000 Vesuvius Challenge Grand Prize is now in sight. Who will claim it?

[João Gonçalo Bilhim @joaobi]

Just asked Bing Image Creator powered by Dall-W 3 to generate an image combining some of my passions :) #artificalintelligence #egyptology #aviation

[João Gonçalo Bilhim @joaobi]

Capturing 3D models in Museums https://t.co/ycG3OO64x1 #TheTwoLands #Egyptology #DigitalHumanities

[João Gonçalo Bilhim @joaobi]

Bard (Google's Chat based AI tool) does some simple yet cool Middle Egyptian "translations" but also has some intense hallucinations. Nice start, I am sure it will keep improving #googleAI #DigitalHumanities #Egyptology

[João Gonçalo Bilhim @joaobi]

#Ramses exhibition in #Paris

[João Gonçalo Bilhim @joaobi]

An obvious first stop

[João Gonçalo Bilhim @joaobi]

Phenomenal Digital Humanities lecture about Giza by Dr. Peter Der Manuelian. #digitalhumanities
https://t.co/LYc69oO1UV

[João Gonçalo Bilhim @joaobi]

Growth mindset is … going back to undergrad studies in a completely different area of knowledge 15 years after completing your MBA 😅 #egyptology @UoMEgyptology

[João Gonçalo Bilhim @joaobi]

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

[João Gonçalo Bilhim @joaobi]

Visit Manchester check, do some research for the diploma at the library check, visit awesome #GoldenMummies by @EgyptMcr @McrMuseum super check! What a day!

[João Gonçalo Bilhim @joaobi]

Great fun and great day for a personal best! Thank you @LondonMarathon #londonmarathon2023 #LondonMarathon

[João Gonçalo Bilhim @joaobi]

Wednesday was visit @TheEES day! Thank you very much for such an awesome visit.

[The Egypt Exploration Society @TheEES]

Learn about Women in #AncientEgypt this #InternationalWomensDay with @TheEES!

Our latest Digital Resource discusses the role of #women in society, women's rights and some of the most powerful women in #Egyptian history.

Check it out👇#WomensHistoryMonth
https://t.co/4VS4x0bY3z

[João Gonçalo Bilhim @joaobi]

Great race today at @rakhalfmarathon , beat my PR by 5 minutes and had loads of fun!

[João Gonçalo Bilhim @joaobi]

Cool interview with Dr. Sarah Parcak, Space Archeologist on Simon Sinek's A bit of Optimism podcast: https://t.co/Ae8KyBJB04
#Egyptology #digitalhumanities