![Untold History of AI: When Charles Babbage Played Chess With the Original Mechanical Turk - IEEE Spectrum Untold History of AI: When Charles Babbage Played Chess With the Original Mechanical Turk - IEEE Spectrum](https://assets.rbl.ms/25587928/origin.jpg)
Untold History of AI: When Charles Babbage Played Chess With the Original Mechanical Turk - IEEE Spectrum
![Sara Hooker on X: "Mechanical Turk was the name of an automaton chess player in 1769 who appeared to play on par with human champions...because there was a human hiding inside. :) Sara Hooker on X: "Mechanical Turk was the name of an automaton chess player in 1769 who appeared to play on par with human champions...because there was a human hiding inside. :)](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGPE61aUEAA564L.jpg:large)
Sara Hooker on X: "Mechanical Turk was the name of an automaton chess player in 1769 who appeared to play on par with human champions...because there was a human hiding inside. :)
Reproduction of the Chess Player (The Turk) | Original: Austrian, Vienna; reproduction: Los Angeles | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
![Twitch.tv/1030 on X: "A 'Mechanical Turk' Chess playing automaton that plays chess for real via a hidden Raspberry Pi running a chess engine. (Instead of a puppeteer inside) Mock-ups via MidJourney. 🧵 Twitch.tv/1030 on X: "A 'Mechanical Turk' Chess playing automaton that plays chess for real via a hidden Raspberry Pi running a chess engine. (Instead of a puppeteer inside) Mock-ups via MidJourney. 🧵](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fso3uZSXoAAMe13.jpg:large)
Twitch.tv/1030 on X: "A 'Mechanical Turk' Chess playing automaton that plays chess for real via a hidden Raspberry Pi running a chess engine. (Instead of a puppeteer inside) Mock-ups via MidJourney. 🧵
Morris Museum - A Special Installation Spotlight: The Mechanical Turk, located at the entrance of our Murtogh D. Guinness Collection! The original Automaton Chess Player, or Mechanical Turk, was conceived and created
![35 Years in the Making: Mechanical Turk Replicates Historic Wizardry | Hillsborough, NJ News TAPinto 35 Years in the Making: Mechanical Turk Replicates Historic Wizardry | Hillsborough, NJ News TAPinto](https://tapinto-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/so/best_crop_ac6f113eab18651d81f2_sompixmechanicalturkmorrismuseum.jpg?id=3274163)
35 Years in the Making: Mechanical Turk Replicates Historic Wizardry | Hillsborough, NJ News TAPinto
![The Mechanical Turk: The True Story of the Chess-playing Machine That Fooled the World: Standage, Tom: 9780713995251: Amazon.com: Books The Mechanical Turk: The True Story of the Chess-playing Machine That Fooled the World: Standage, Tom: 9780713995251: Amazon.com: Books](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71FdO3CERkL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg)