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This 1920 Chess Automaton Was Wired to Win

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Automatons with feelings were the future, in Torres Quevedo’s view. Torres Quevedo hoped his chess player would shed some light on the matter, but I think he just opened a Pandora’s box of questions. Why isn’t Leonardo Torres Quevedo known outside Spain? How far could human collaboration with machines go?

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This 1920 Chess Automaton Was Wired to Win

Cars That Think

Automatons with feelings were the future, in Torres Quevedo’s view. Torres Quevedo hoped his chess player would shed some light on the matter, but I think he just opened a Pandora’s box of questions. Why isn’t Leonardo Torres Quevedo known outside Spain? How far could human collaboration with machines go?

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