The Mechanical Turk, an 18th century (fake) automaton

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TheStoryteller01 (Banned) 3 Aug @ 5:26am

I recently posted this link in answering a post and it reminded me what a fascinating and mysterious true story from the 18th century this is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_Turk

Originally posted by wikipedia:
The Mechanical Turk, also known as the Automaton Chess Player (German: Schachtürke, lit. 'chess Turk'; Hungarian: A Török), or simply The Turk, was a fraudulent chess-playing machine constructed in 1770, which appeared to be able to play a strong game of chess against a human opponent.

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Armagon 3 Aug @ 5:29am

Boring thread, blocked.

TheStoryteller01 (Banned) 3 Aug @ 5:31am

Originally posted by Armagon:
Boring thread, blocked.

Sorry for not providing the usual ragebait.

Blocked.

Prinny 3 Aug @ 5:32am

blocked because nobody asked

Electric Cupcake 3 Aug @ 5:33am

Some people have no respect for fascinating history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjNca1L6CUk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-S5v4UwhAE

vkobe 3 Aug @ 5:34am

Originally posted by Armagon:
Boring thread, blocked.

come on dude we want know about 18 century computer and what video game they played to see if their game was woke and service 😊

Electric Cupcake 3 Aug @ 5:36am

Originally posted by vkobe:
Originally posted by Armagon:
Boring thread, blocked.
come on dude we want know about 18 century computer and what video game they played to see if their game was woke and service 😊

Fun fact, Lady Ada had a notorious gambling addiction, and proposed different methods of using the Babbage Engines for handicapping horse races.

TheStoryteller01 (Banned) 3 Aug @ 5:44am

Originally posted by Electric Cupcake:
Originally posted by vkobe:
come on dude we want know about 18 century computer and what video game they played to see if their game was woke and service 😊

Fun fact, Lady Ada had a notorious gambling addiction, and proposed different methods of using the Babbage Engines for handicapping horse races.

For further reading I recommend "The Difference Engine", a Steampunk novel by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling.

It imagines a Victorian-Era Britain where basic computing has already been invented (and prominently features Lady Ada Byron).