So what's going on: Is the Voynich manuscript a bunch of gibberish, and that's why AI can't solve it, or is this a sign that AI isn't as adept as we thought when it comes to understanding languages? Since then, researchers have tried-to varying results-using artificial intelligence to decipher the weird collection, though many of those efforts end up discredited. (You can see photocopied images of the entire text here). Voynich acquired the puzzling 240-page collection of strange drawings and writings, which would come to be named after him. In 1912, Polish-American bookseller Wilfrid M. And no one knows what the hell any of it means. The delightfully bizarre book, known as the 'Voynich manuscript,' dates back to the 15th century. It contains over 113 unidentified plant species, astrological drawings of Zodiac symbols, images of what appear to be pregnant women wading in fluids, and sketches of over 100 species of medicinal herbs and roots, complete with watercolors and continuous pages of text that might be recipes, with flowers marking the margins. There are two possible reasons why AI is having a rough time with this manuscript: Either it's all just gibberish, or AI isn't quite as good at understanding language as we thought it was.When AI is applied to the text, the research is usually rejected shortly afterward.The 'Voynich Manuscript' is a 15th century book containing confusing images and text that confound even the best linguists and historians.