Mechanical Turk
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title:
Mechanical Turk
text:
The Mechanical Turk, also known as the Automaton Chess Player, 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. For 84 years, it was exhibited on tours by various owners as an automaton. The machine survived and continued giving occasional exhibitions until 1854, when a fire swept through the museum where it was kept, destroying the machine. Afterwards, articles were published by a s
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encyclopedia
description:
Chess-playing automaton hoax (1770–1854)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_Turk
date created:
2004-01-03T03:46:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T14:06:55Z
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