So found myself reading the wiki on The Turk chess playing machine. So the original was an illusion with a chess master inside. "From 1770 until its destruction by fire in 1854 it was exhibited by various owners as an automaton, though it was eventually revealed to be an elaborate hoax.[1] Constructed and unveiled in 1770 by Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734-1804) to impress the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria" John then built his version in 1984 over a 5 year period. It does use the original chess board which wasn't stored where the fire was. His version is a computer running a chess program. So he was actually doing a magic trick on that one for us.
Intricate collection of interesting Automatons. John is a genius of illusions!
just great things in here
Is this the guy who engineered David Copperfield's Flying illusion?
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So found myself reading the wiki on The Turk chess playing machine. So the original was an illusion with a chess master inside.
"From 1770 until its destruction by fire in 1854 it was exhibited by various owners as an automaton, though it was eventually revealed to be an elaborate hoax.[1] Constructed and unveiled in 1770 by Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734-1804) to impress the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria"
John then built his version in 1984 over a 5 year period. It does use the original chess board which wasn't stored where the fire was. His version is a computer running a chess program.
So he was actually doing a magic trick on that one for us.
Thanks for the research, so interesting!
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This dude got all that from from the majician Houdini france
you mean houdin !
No its not houdini was the majician from france
French majestic
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Precursor to today's dangerous AI.
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