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This 1920 Chess Automaton Was Wired to Win

Cars That Think

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? On the other hand, the machine does only what it has been programmed to do, clearly not thinking outside its set parameters.

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This 1920 Chess Automaton Was Wired to Win

Cars That Think

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? On the other hand, the machine does only what it has been programmed to do, clearly not thinking outside its set parameters.

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