How an Unstoppable 200-Year-Old Robot Fooled the World

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@duchi882
@duchi882 3 роки тому
*Chess back then:* This machine is too smart, a human mind must be controlling it *Chess now:* This human is too smart, he must be using a Chess Engine
@mnomadvfx
@mnomadvfx 3 роки тому
That pretty much describes the future path of AI - integrating it into humans as Intelligence Amplification.
@funnyguy101ize
@funnyguy101ize 3 роки тому
Technology is crazy
@club6525
@club6525 3 роки тому
@@zane13232 Encouraging people to visit your channel is considered self-promo.
@lmaobox4068
@lmaobox4068 3 роки тому
"Hax n00b lol needs chess b0t 2 win gg no re" - Timmy aged 9 vs world chess champion
@sombertownds149
@sombertownds149 3 роки тому
.... i got a online chess game ad.....
@elliottcarson1248
@elliottcarson1248 3 роки тому
Napoleon and Benjamin Franklin both died fully believing in A.I. Think about that for a moment.
@donkeyslayer4661
@donkeyslayer4661 3 роки тому
Why?
@elliottcarson1248
@elliottcarson1248 3 роки тому
@Daniel McCoy it's a rhetorical statement 😂
@albertcoorey5346
@albertcoorey5346 3 роки тому
Elliott Carson I think it was a joke
@kevinloving3141
@kevinloving3141 3 роки тому
What if research into robotics had started as early as the middle of the 18th century, by the 19th century chattle slavery could have been abolished and thus no American civil war.
@proman4592
@proman4592 3 роки тому
@Daniel McCoy robot
@sumvs5992
@sumvs5992 3 роки тому
Imagine making a wrong move and then you hear a mumbled "Wow what an idiot!"
@Mustis91
@Mustis91 2 роки тому
Napoleon sneezes "oh dear..bless you..i..i mean check!"
@kristofladanyi3671
@kristofladanyi3671 Рік тому
"THERE IS A HALFLING INSIDE!" - average d&d player
@Nanocon1
@Nanocon1 3 роки тому
I dont care if it was a lie, the engineering that must have gone into it to allow the Turk to shadow the person controlling it and move the pieces with precision across the board must have been incredible.
@dirckthedork-knight1201
@dirckthedork-knight1201 Рік тому
Yes as well as the way it was designed to specifically fool people that would inspect it there was a lot of thinking involved when this thing was made
@campickett4293
@campickett4293 Рік тому
Not to mention it literally inspired the creator of the first computer this is lowkey one of the most important things in human history
@isaacdayton4962
@isaacdayton4962 Рік тому
I do think it would have been possible to create a automated chess machine that almost always won even back then. Off course it would be absolutely huge and entirely analog. Although I doubt anyone would have had the time, resources and knowledge needed to create something like this.
@tokugeeky2931
@tokugeeky2931 Рік тому
Agreed.
@logothaironsides2942
@logothaironsides2942 11 місяців тому
That's what I think too. The player must have been fantastic and terrified and that isn't a good combination for winning. Imagine if someone like Napoleon had decided to shove a sword through the bottom or some such thing.
@Bluecheese2142
@Bluecheese2142 3 роки тому
Edgar Allan Poe really was like "I've never seen you and the Turk in the same place at the same time" and the guy just starts sweating.
@mezzops1716
@mezzops1716 3 роки тому
Among us games in a nutshell
@YahNation
@YahNation 3 роки тому
I see you are an unus
@Bluecheese2142
@Bluecheese2142 3 роки тому
@@YahNation And I see you are an Annus.
@Cesar.Flowers
@Cesar.Flowers 3 роки тому
Yes
@YahNation
@YahNation 3 роки тому
Hey guys I got rid of the spiral cuz they bouta delete the channel and I got my own grind going on! please help a fellow iplier out and check out my music! If you decide you like it consider subscribing! thankyou!
@pinochet3317
@pinochet3317 3 роки тому
“How an unstoppable 200 year old robot fooled the world” *You mean Queen Elizabeth II?*
@cakersthecake5337
@cakersthecake5337 3 роки тому
Lmao
@suhailab3634
@suhailab3634 3 роки тому
Lmao
@reubenshiflet1952
@reubenshiflet1952 3 роки тому
Lmao
@CloudsAndDays
@CloudsAndDays 3 роки тому
Lmao
@azurisage
@azurisage 3 роки тому
Lmao
@kyamaldinihill
@kyamaldinihill Рік тому
The amount of historical figure name dropping in this entire story is so amazing to me hahaha
@lexigrimhaive
@lexigrimhaive Рік тому
Right?! Maria Theresa of Austria, Paul of Russia, Napoleon Bonaparte, Benjamin Franklin, Edgar Allan Poe…!!
@kyamaldinihill
@kyamaldinihill Рік тому
@@lexigrimhaive It's so wild!
@patrickbateman1067
@patrickbateman1067 Рік тому
This just shows that almost all great people if the past were fans of chess.
@Dreadjaws
@Dreadjaws 2 роки тому
What an utterly fascinating story. It's the sort of thing you'd see in a Hollywood adaptation and complain about all the liberties taken. _"Come on, Bonaparte, Franklin AND Poe? Get out of here with your fanfiction!"_ Reality can most definitely be stranger than fiction.
@seandavidslipp1821
@seandavidslipp1821 Рік тому
Damn Jaws over there has got it a true kind Wise soul
@TedwardsTube
@TedwardsTube Рік тому
I immediately thought, there must have been several film adaptations of this story, historical dramas, or something. But I can’t find any. I’m confused. This really could be made into a fascinating movie. I thought the same thing when I saw a UKposts documentary about the serial killer H.H.Holmes - Tim Burton / Johnny Depp haven’t done this yet?!?
@oORailgunOo
@oORailgunOo 3 роки тому
Man this story has the biggest character crossover I've ever seen
@juliuscaesar1062
@juliuscaesar1062 3 роки тому
I was thinking the same thing, first time so many giants experienced the same thing
@victor_silva6142
@victor_silva6142 3 роки тому
Aye.
@monke6912
@monke6912 3 роки тому
And biggest simp of the centuryies
@oumardiop1
@oumardiop1 3 роки тому
beethoven, edgar allen poe, been franklin, napolean bonnaparte, another guy named ludwig, this is bigger than endgame
@appletunisheccincute6253
@appletunisheccincute6253 3 роки тому
Is... is this a crossover episode?
@cheez-itman2784
@cheez-itman2784 3 роки тому
Can you imagine how terrifying it would be to be the guy playing inside the machine and hearing NAPOLeON BONAPARTE challenge you?
@peris_arts_film9699
@peris_arts_film9699 3 роки тому
sweats tactically
@SArtisto1
@SArtisto1 3 роки тому
And then have the guts to smack his pieces off the chest board lmao
@owogamingchannel850
@owogamingchannel850 3 роки тому
Yes nepolian bonaparte
@Burn_Angel
@Burn_Angel 3 роки тому
@@owogamingchannel850 Emperor of Fronze.
@Lenn869
@Lenn869 3 роки тому
@@owogamingchannel850 just like Egdar Alan Poe
@SR-hj6sh
@SR-hj6sh 3 роки тому
Because his voice is soothing, I decided to use Thoughty2's video to fall asleep. But the kind of characters that appeared in this video made me doubt whether I was trying to fall asleep or was already asleep
@proto-geek248
@proto-geek248 2 роки тому
I use MST3K 😴
@iggy3579
@iggy3579 2 роки тому
i wake up knowing so much more lmao!
@jackdurden466
@jackdurden466 2 роки тому
That’s pretty damn cool! So you have discovered how to learn while you sleep, kinda like Dr Strange did.
@bt1089
@bt1089 Місяць тому
Dude same
@yoskull9295
@yoskull9295 3 роки тому
Just in case u are wondering, the robot in the thumbnail is from a film called Hugo, it’s about this kid who builds a robot in a train station.
@braelinmichelus
@braelinmichelus 2 роки тому
Which was based on the original book "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick. The book is _far, far_ better the movie, you really should read it.
@eatonkuntz
@eatonkuntz 2 роки тому
@@braelinmichelus which in turn, is oddly similar to Alita Battle Angel
@kietro8319
@kietro8319 2 роки тому
@@eatonkuntz Which in turn was based on Battle Angel Alita (a.k.a., Gunnm)
@Bambisgf77
@Bambisgf77 4 місяці тому
Thank you!! 🎉
@noflare1714
@noflare1714 3 роки тому
Gideon Mwaura is such a doubting Thomas🤦
@shrigmian
@shrigmian 3 роки тому
That has 250 years of history, most likely you only have 15
@TheGauges420
@TheGauges420 3 роки тому
@@shrigmian well even over the average of 75 we still wont be even 1/4 as interesting. Although I'm already at 30 and feel the same way so.
@lucasbiermann257
@lucasbiermann257 3 роки тому
@@TheGauges420 being interesting has nothing to do with how long you live unless that is the interesting part. it has to do with what you do. most people have an uninteresting life with few good moments but alas none are interesting enough to be recorded in history. that "box" fooled a lot of important people for decades as being one of a kind and in the end it truly became one.
@zk0rned
@zk0rned 3 роки тому
@@lucasbiermann257 living for centuries definitely helps my guy
@glidershower
@glidershower 3 роки тому
Anything capable of trolling Napoleon Bonaparte _and have him be happily amused about it_ surely has a history more compelling than 98% of us in YT. I don't feel inadequate. The odds were stacked against me from the start, lolz.
@fadastalk413
@fadastalk413 3 роки тому
Ok sure it was a hoax, but even the mechanics of moving the pieces from inside the box is still pretty smart for 1770.
@fredjaneson1670
@fredjaneson1670 3 роки тому
I agree
@MartinFinnerup
@MartinFinnerup 3 роки тому
Agreed.
@TobyIKanoby
@TobyIKanoby 3 роки тому
Not really. The pantograph was invented long before this. Magic tricks were nothing new either.
@TobyIKanoby
@TobyIKanoby 3 роки тому
@Bunny Yeah people tend to underestimate our ancestors' capabilities and ingenuity, the whole "ancient aliens" thing was based on that tendency (apart from a huge lack of scientific knowledge of course).
@roguetune03
@roguetune03 3 роки тому
I was thinking the same thing! When the explanation of how the chess player inside both saw the moves made on the exterior board.. and then could move his own pieces at will from within the cabinet I was grinding trying to figure out how a series of magnets could be assembled to make it work, and work so reliably. Incredible all by itself!
@Stardust_7273
@Stardust_7273 2 роки тому
It may have been an illusion that the Mechanical Turk possessed any true AI, but the engineering required to build such an automaton is truly impressive.
@kingscrusher
@kingscrusher 3 роки тому
Great video - got a lot more insights about this story that i did not know before including the link with Sherlock Holmes. Thanks very much. Cheers, K
@thebostonterrierdude1585
@thebostonterrierdude1585 2 роки тому
Yooo verified with 7 likes
@thebostonterrierdude1585
@thebostonterrierdude1585 2 роки тому
Also you are the reason my brother keeps beating at chess
@JoBot__
@JoBot__ 2 роки тому
Honestly, I can't wait to be verified. It's gonna be hard, but once I make enough content and become popular enough, It's probably gonna happen.
@halweilbrenner9926
@halweilbrenner9926 2 роки тому
This is unbelievable
@lavenderflowersfall280
@lavenderflowersfall280 2 роки тому
Yes
@TheDiego908
@TheDiego908 3 роки тому
"He claims to have been able to hear the automaton's last desperate words above the roaring flames: 'gg'."
@dshaprin
@dshaprin 3 роки тому
EZ
@theuserjoan
@theuserjoan 3 роки тому
“What are you going to do? Burn me?”
@deanmalto1386
@deanmalto1386 3 роки тому
Get Rekt
@cycosist5156
@cycosist5156 3 роки тому
"I'll always come back"
@akanehone1434
@akanehone1434 2 роки тому
gg ez
@MiracleSword
@MiracleSword 3 роки тому
I’ve always found this hoax delightful just for how well it was pulled off, how long it lasted, and how many notable historical figures were involved.
@hrishiraj2899
@hrishiraj2899 2 роки тому
The fact that it inspired the invention of the very device we are using right now is so astounding
@themagicalgamer6522
@themagicalgamer6522 3 роки тому
17:35 "With the automaton destroyed, Mitchell's son: Silas-" UKposts automated captions: *Silly ass*
@sammycinnamon7300
@sammycinnamon7300 2 роки тому
That's what he called him. And he called Edgar Allen poe, egdar
@fredrikdanielsson3605
@fredrikdanielsson3605 2 роки тому
I loled
@zeeshanhazari
@zeeshanhazari 3 роки тому
This Story Deserves a Movie for *Real*
@davidanderson2357
@davidanderson2357 2 роки тому
The Turk: Behold! I was superior to any human. Arnold: You won't be back.
@proto-geek248
@proto-geek248 2 роки тому
Agreed. Thought the same.
@HSpartaL
@HSpartaL 3 роки тому
Even without the man inside, the turk would still beat me at chess
@ethantoft4453
@ethantoft4453 3 роки тому
How was this 2 hours ago for me it says the vid was released 14mins ago
@tortistortis
@tortistortis 3 роки тому
Ethan Toft he joined the channel and one of the perks is early access to videos
@shivshetty3045
@shivshetty3045 3 роки тому
@@tortistortis it cld also just be a glitch. Ive seen a comment say 2 days old and the vid said 10 mins ago
@lucasbiermann257
@lucasbiermann257 3 роки тому
to be honest most humans would lose at chess if they had a man inside them.
@asenelezulu7602
@asenelezulu7602 3 роки тому
Same😂
@boomerix
@boomerix 3 роки тому
IBM Computer: nervously makes a random move. Kasparov: "This utter brilliance could have never been done by a mere machine!"
@TheChadPad
@TheChadPad 3 роки тому
It's amazing. Dumb fucking luck
@alpharius7712
@alpharius7712 2 роки тому
I didnt expect they were doing it for money LMAO, if some dude came up to me and was like "Wanna prank Napoleon?" Id say "Do I?!?! IS THE SKY BLUE MY SIR???"
@treehouseoflibertymedia9732
@treehouseoflibertymedia9732 Рік тому
The gift of hindsight being what it is, I figured a human was involved somehow from the start, but what a fascinating story, presented flawlessly by you as always. Keep up the great work! You have an uncanny ability to entertain AND inform!!
@Pencil0fDoom
@Pencil0fDoom 3 роки тому
“His son, Silly-ass...” I’m dead.
@staretimecomics
@staretimecomics 3 роки тому
I'm so glad someone else noticed! Cheers!
@tongs1073
@tongs1073 3 роки тому
timestamp pleaseee
@staretimecomics
@staretimecomics 3 роки тому
@@tongs1073 17:36 Enjoy
@ivdarox
@ivdarox 3 роки тому
@Graham Murphy that video is cheap sensationalism lol
@ivdarox
@ivdarox 3 роки тому
@Graham Murphy this video says something at least. The other one is the whole time hinting a reveal of the way the turk worked, to then just take us to the house of an old dude that is supposedly an eminence in illusions and that knows how it functioned. Just to have him tell us he won't reveal shit. LOL. Not even conjectures, anything. At least this one contains the version of someone related to an owner.
@Lava91point0
@Lava91point0 3 роки тому
“And like many depressed men, he turned to drink. He died from alcohol poisoning during the voyage” This man couldn’t even wait to get home, he must have been drinking by the literal bucket load
@TheBoJesus
@TheBoJesus 3 роки тому
Correct me if I'm wrong, but at that time most people had to drink alchohol (mostly beer) on ships because it was much cleaner than the little "fresh" water they had on board.
@lesvernornvienas8232
@lesvernornvienas8232 3 роки тому
@@TheBoJesus wasn’t just ships just pretty much in general it was much safer to drink beer
@unsainted2240
@unsainted2240 3 роки тому
@Forever Changed Alcohol withdrawal is the worst experience i have ever had in my life. The symptoms literally feel like you're dying, no exaggeration. Landed me in the hospital once, then I worked out the 2nd one on my own
@unsainted2240
@unsainted2240 3 роки тому
@Forever Changed Same situation, im getting out of the habit slowly, I am still physically and mentally strong but its overtaking my ability to do my duties sober and efficiently.
@anaperez5442
@anaperez5442 3 роки тому
I was told by a pharmacist who worked at the VA for several years (before going to the private sector) that standard treatment for alcoholics was to slowly diminish the amount of liquor they would consume. Because if the patient was cut off completely (going cold turkey) the strain on the patient's organism would be so great it would kill them.
@davidanderson2357
@davidanderson2357 2 роки тому
Poe: There's a man inside the box! Man inside the box: And I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for that meddling author! Scooby Doo: Reckrate!
@morganholloman6650
@morganholloman6650 2 роки тому
Every time you say "Egdar" instead of Edgar i wanna stuff myself into a wooden chess robot
@edgycommunist4213
@edgycommunist4213 3 роки тому
I forget about Thoughty2 for a couple years and he's stalin when I come back lol
@JoshLathamTutorials
@JoshLathamTutorials 3 роки тому
Username checks out.
@Haxington
@Haxington 3 роки тому
Small world, huh?
@mathieuleader8601
@mathieuleader8601 3 роки тому
Joe Steele
@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence
@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence 3 роки тому
Bill Stalin the working class chap from Birmingham? Think you got commies on the brain.
@Jaguarstudios8379
@Jaguarstudios8379 3 роки тому
Same
@Ilikepats
@Ilikepats 3 роки тому
Just wait until we find out that Queen Elizabeth is a robot too
@partytimejew3771
@partytimejew3771 3 роки тому
Ha exactly
@youtube_user420
@youtube_user420 3 роки тому
in 2050: The 120 Year Old Robot That Eliminated Europe
@Marquis-Sade
@Marquis-Sade 3 роки тому
Sounds like Dr Who
@neiana
@neiana 3 роки тому
The big reveal will be when we find out who ISN'T a robot.
@darkdefender9919
@darkdefender9919 3 роки тому
Everyone get this man a meme
@swiftfox3461
@swiftfox3461 3 роки тому
This is one of the best and most comprehensive docs on the Mechanical Turk I've ever seen. Thanks, you did it really well.
@wren_bean
@wren_bean 2 роки тому
I remember reading about the Turk and other turn of the century automata featured in theatrical magic acts. I always wondered about it, thanks for sharing this lovely bit of history!
@LoudRevised
@LoudRevised 3 роки тому
This machine met to many historical figures you’d swear he was in a time travel information.
@TheSayujya
@TheSayujya 3 роки тому
Lol
@readmarx420
@readmarx420 3 роки тому
Did you have a stroke whike typing or some ish?
@Lee-sd1vx
@Lee-sd1vx 3 роки тому
uhh am I having a stroke
@Canzary
@Canzary 3 роки тому
This almost made sense I kept feeling like I was getting it then I didn’t
@LoudRevised
@LoudRevised 3 роки тому
I’m stupid: “This machine met so many historical figures you’d swear he was in a time travel movie.”
@ethanwinters9660
@ethanwinters9660 3 роки тому
It's still extremely impressive that the turk would've had enough dexterity for the hidden player to accurately select and move pieces.
@justingrey6008
@justingrey6008 3 роки тому
Using a pantograph, assuming all the joints were tight, the moves of turk would be identical to his own. I am more interested in how it tracked moves. Magnets only go so far and could not track lifted parts
@satibel
@satibel 3 роки тому
@@justingrey6008 you know which piece was moved and to where it was moved, so you can infer the move. (for example you see A2 to A3, you know what to move.)
@justingrey6008
@justingrey6008 3 роки тому
@@satibel pick up a rook, you have 4 points that piece could land.
@satibel
@satibel 3 роки тому
@@justingrey6008 (edit)tl;dr: as long as you know the full state of the board before, if you know from where to where a move is made, you know the full state of the board after. you'd know exactly where it lands, as you can't pick up multiple pieces at the same time. I'd imagine, you see where all the pieces are, and given that you know where they started, you can always know where all the pieces are as the game progresses even if you don't see which pieces are where, just where are all the pieces. and you can easily replicate the board, as you see a piece go out, you pick it up, and then when you see it reappear, you put it where it reappeared.
@justingrey6008
@justingrey6008 3 роки тому
@@satibel that would imply some sort of visual system on the board. Which could be done with mirrors but mirrors work both ways. How would you track pieces so they could be blindly moves and tracked remotely? And to do it before modern (any) electronics.
@GameUnCrafter
@GameUnCrafter 2 роки тому
Edgar Allen poe pops up a lot more than I ever thought he would, I always knew of him as just a writer, but he did much more
@u12bdragon
@u12bdragon 3 роки тому
I may be wrong, but the chess playing automaton burning alive may be the inspiration for "The Invention of Hugo Cabret"
@yungshabby1547
@yungshabby1547 3 роки тому
This robot beat Ben Franklin & Napoleon, inspired computers & Sherlock Holmes
@davidanderson2357
@davidanderson2357 2 роки тому
All that and the princess STILL turned him down.
@MrFallen1ne
@MrFallen1ne 2 роки тому
Yet this robot wasn't a robot at all, just a ruse.
@breezywriter6572
@breezywriter6572 2 роки тому
Too bad it wasn’t actually a robot.
@aaliyahfitzgerald9756
@aaliyahfitzgerald9756 3 роки тому
“All the famous people in history knew each other “
@letsbehonest4221
@letsbehonest4221 3 роки тому
All the famous people of modern time know each other
@mrniceguy4277
@mrniceguy4277 3 роки тому
@@letsbehonest4221 we all know all the famous people. But you are right ^^
@MyNameJeffOG
@MyNameJeffOG 3 роки тому
Michael jackson knew Abraham Lincoln
@omikron6218
@omikron6218 3 роки тому
All the famous people if modern time give plane rides to their private islands :^)
@caseh4235
@caseh4235 3 роки тому
@@omikron6218 to one specific private island owned by a man that did not kill himself*
@isaiahoconnor8236
@isaiahoconnor8236 2 роки тому
Thank you for this. I knew of this decades ago, but only in passing a single paragraph under a photo, I love the detail !
@briankleinschmidt3664
@briankleinschmidt3664 3 роки тому
"Mitchell's son, 'Silly ass.'" Lol
@kermidiu4390
@kermidiu4390 3 роки тому
"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."
@ShinSeikiEvan
@ShinSeikiEvan 3 роки тому
Huh. I wonder if the Turk was the inspiration for The Wizard.
@kermidiu4390
@kermidiu4390 3 роки тому
@@ShinSeikiEvan I wouldn't put it outside the realm of possibility. The answer is probably on the internet somewhere.
@caesertullo1824
@caesertullo1824 3 роки тому
I like the title of "french ambassador" better than "American who liked parties and hookers" even though it's like the same thing.
@WaterVolt1917
@WaterVolt1917 3 роки тому
But he was married though. But your right about the parties only if the're in Boston and involve tea.
@caesertullo1824
@caesertullo1824 3 роки тому
@@WaterVolt1917 well I mean you know what snuff boxes were right? most of the forefathers were using a bit of nose candy. also come on, those rebellious town hall meetings where they all worked to set up a new never tried before government, and never really tried since, maybe it's cause I'm lame, but I'd fucking call that one hell of a party that I wish I could have partaken in. also highly suggest you google image search snuff boxes, god I hope I'm spelling snuff right. those things are gorgeous. they really had some serious craftsmen back in the day.
@WaterVolt1917
@WaterVolt1917 3 роки тому
@@caesertullo1824 I never said he didn't snort some lines I'm just saying I'd be surprised if he were to ever have some fun with hookers. I mean he was a Christian man after all.
@WaterVolt1917
@WaterVolt1917 3 роки тому
@@dr.floridaman4805 Ever heard of lust?
@WaterVolt1917
@WaterVolt1917 3 роки тому
If that's really the case then why does it allow hookers? Seems a little sus.
@peggycarlyle6409
@peggycarlyle6409 2 місяці тому
I think this one of my favorite videos you have made. I’m so glad you referenced it in the Poe video.
@LStiglet
@LStiglet 3 роки тому
This was quite the intriguing historical story. I enjoyed every single minute of it.
@morbidmirage726
@morbidmirage726 3 роки тому
I love how even though it was a hoax, it was super significant, even inspiring the first computer.
@vlaandhael
@vlaandhael 2 роки тому
I mean Jesus was a bigger hoax and also significant
@RetroAP
@RetroAP 2 роки тому
@@vlaandhael here we go with this shit again
@oldarthurmorgan6319
@oldarthurmorgan6319 2 роки тому
@@vlaandhael ah shit here we go again
@Coreisus
@Coreisus 2 роки тому
@@vlaandhael get educated
@Tekape
@Tekape 2 роки тому
that's alwayshow it goes, most of things are inspired by fiction logically
@TrainBoy227
@TrainBoy227 3 роки тому
So, you're telling me that Sherlock Holmes was essentially created by some 250 year old simp with a wrench and a chess board?
@renz1013
@renz1013 3 роки тому
wellcyes but atually no, it was the cause not the reason for its creation, directly anyways what do I know
@AbdulWahab-cy2wc
@AbdulWahab-cy2wc 3 роки тому
Why sherlock holmes?
@beanboy5295
@beanboy5295 2 роки тому
@@AbdulWahab-cy2wc watch the video
@brianvincent655
@brianvincent655 2 роки тому
Superbly informative and constructed presentation! Well done.
@MrCornelius61
@MrCornelius61 2 роки тому
In our language, which is also Kempelen's mother tongue, the inventor's name is correctly Kempelen Farkas. At that time, the names of the people entering the royal court were automatically changed to the German / Austrian name system, hence the "von". That man was a mechanical genius anyway, a separate video could be made of all his machines
@tomcatacaphe7814
@tomcatacaphe7814 3 роки тому
This entire concept honestly sounds like an SCP.
@smolglitch
@smolglitch 3 роки тому
Ah yes, artificial intelligence must be anomalous. Kill it with fire!
@justingrey6008
@justingrey6008 3 роки тому
@@smolglitch containment first, I am sure it's in some anomalous artifact storage site with a few D class for company.
@theboxoftexas
@theboxoftexas 3 роки тому
You mean SCP-1875
@poggersbutthole8444
@poggersbutthole8444 3 роки тому
Slap some evil sentience on it and it will be a full-fledged SCP
@theboxoftexas
@theboxoftexas 3 роки тому
SCP-1875 is a Euclid class object and it was was a chess robot that was built by a Russian chess champion in 1875 but parts of the machine were built by by his then missing twin daughters with the chess pieces being made from their bones and when the SCP Foundation took it back to the foundation the machine would have later take over the wireless connection by corrupting files, changing reports, deleting files, and finally sending a disturbing picture of two twin girls with black hallow eyes
@kablanq4673
@kablanq4673 3 роки тому
“There was another common reaction people had to the turk-“ *Air force ad plays*
@Callsign_Prophet
@Callsign_Prophet 3 роки тому
Potentially lol
@HeftyYeti8764
@HeftyYeti8764 3 роки тому
Same happened to me lol
@staretimecomics
@staretimecomics 3 роки тому
UKposts's getting a little too comfortable with double-ads.
@mitaskeledzija6269
@mitaskeledzija6269 3 роки тому
Omg no 😂
@adventuresinoberon2350
@adventuresinoberon2350 3 роки тому
I got energizer
@reynalindstrom2496
@reynalindstrom2496 3 роки тому
This is tthe best historical narrative I have found in UKposts,it was amazing!!! Love from Sweden
@Etanyos
@Etanyos Рік тому
17:45, Mitchell's son, Silly-ass not Silas, lol, great video! Such an interesting illusion!
@briishperson4555
@briishperson4555 3 роки тому
“Napoleon Bonaparte” Plays British Grenadiers
@retake6977
@retake6977 3 роки тому
@kakyoin the milf hunter He is you but with more quality
@dava8058
@dava8058 3 роки тому
Should have the onion song
@olliefoxx7165
@olliefoxx7165 3 роки тому
The ability to see what pieces are on the board and to send that to a hidden board is impressive. Also moving pieces in the visible board via mechanical arm is impressive. They were fooling people through the use of very clever engineering.
@paramounttechnicalconsulti5219
@paramounttechnicalconsulti5219 Рік тому
Second comment, I am a chemistry professor; the intgrated circuit is a marvel of understanding, design and engineering, but it is never the point-it is the tool. While they were still servicable, I used to love teachign advanced classes on old, mechanical and vaccum tube intruments. The point was to show the student HOW the data was obtained, as opposed to obtaining the data in a "magic" beige or blue box with an "on" switch. "The Turk", and mechanial naval artillery rangefinders, are in the same genre; human reason had already deduced the options, how they were derived, and what the most likely outcome was. IN a way, I ma still more amazed by the mecahnical solutions, where engineers had to design (and artisans create) cogs and gears that would manipulate space-time in the way predicted. Binary circuits and programming are advancements in miniaturization and "democratization" (you can buy an ap, get a result, and not have the foggiest as to how it happened or what it means), but are no more elegant or sublime in an engineering sense compared to the mechanincal solution.
@mrleche3468
@mrleche3468 2 роки тому
I can’t believe people dislike these vids this guys mint
@justaduck3615
@justaduck3615 3 роки тому
The chess player in The Turk who faced Napoleon must have been like: THIS IS MY CHANCE.
@voltydragon6140
@voltydragon6140 2 роки тому
*maniacle laughter*
@corporateservants269
@corporateservants269 2 роки тому
How is that not ok, it's a hypothetical joke about a man from ages ago??? Wtf UKposts
@sterprism841
@sterprism841 2 роки тому
What?
@Xehemoth
@Xehemoth 3 роки тому
Fraud or not, this is still insanely impressive.
@scoobyloo3157
@scoobyloo3157 2 роки тому
The best part of this VERY interesting video tho', was listening to T2 trying to say 'Edgar' and failing every time by pronouncing it 'Egdar'! 🤣🤣🤣
@Shadobanned4life
@Shadobanned4life 2 роки тому
Any way you look at it,this was truly amazing. The Turk wasn't exactly what people though it was,but it was indeed a mechanical masterpiece and an amazing accomplishment. The fact that it fooled so many is just the icing on the cake !
@cretucristian7935
@cretucristian7935 3 роки тому
Very interesting story. One correction: Maria Tereza was, if I remember correctly, empress of Austria and queen of Hungary and Croatia, not Bulgaria (which was in that period a province of the Ottoman Empire)
@Thoughty2
@Thoughty2 3 роки тому
Yes you're right - Bulgaria was meant to be Croatia here, I'm sorry for the oversight. Thanks for pointing that out :)
@mrdomino8205
@mrdomino8205 3 роки тому
OMG UR SMART
@mrdomino8205
@mrdomino8205 3 роки тому
@John Nelson who would bother lol
@bezvezenetko
@bezvezenetko 3 роки тому
@@Thoughty2 how can you forget Croatia. I LIVE HERE. We are the best!
@StarsingerOG
@StarsingerOG 3 роки тому
Bulgarians getting triggered rn.
@thomasviern806
@thomasviern806 3 роки тому
I love how the Habsburg's chin has become an inside joke of this channel
@alaaobaid3363
@alaaobaid3363 3 роки тому
A chin like a SLEDGHAMMER !!!
@mitaskeledzija6269
@mitaskeledzija6269 3 роки тому
I have a chin like that. It sucks...
@maggiee639
@maggiee639 3 роки тому
The Habsburg jaw is well known outside this channel.
@FeedScrn
@FeedScrn 3 роки тому
The Dutchess was spared that chin, so she made up for it with a double-chin later on in life... Thoughty2 says.... ha ha ha...
@buddyclem7328
@buddyclem7328 3 роки тому
@@mitaskeledzija6269 Same, and I have the thumbs too!
@bubbafug00gle51
@bubbafug00gle51 2 роки тому
I knew almost everything in this video and still enjoyed watching... that's the power of great storytelling.
@UnlicensedOkie
@UnlicensedOkie Рік тому
I like how you included images of the automaton from Hugo. They actually kinda referenced the Turk in that movie. Saying how Hugo’s father saved the old automaton from a burned museum. That automaton wasn’t a chess player though. It was made by George Melies
@XenXenOfficial
@XenXenOfficial 3 роки тому
"I like to be called by my goth name... Night Pain." -Edgar Allan Poe
@Hardrockkiller777
@Hardrockkiller777 3 роки тому
Oh god
@rickjames7253
@rickjames7253 3 роки тому
Is this a direct quote from Poe? If so, from where?
@Hardrockkiller777
@Hardrockkiller777 3 роки тому
@@rickjames7253 South Park season 17 episode 4.
@2fangs298
@2fangs298 3 роки тому
@@Hardrockkiller777 lol 🤣 fuckin southpark. I love tht show
@BatkoBrat
@BatkoBrat 2 роки тому
I love the goth kids episodes xD
@molybdaen11
@molybdaen11 3 роки тому
I still find it interesting how a machine of that time could move a arm and a hand acurate enough to move chess pieces.
@Gdub33
@Gdub33 5 місяців тому
Thats pretty cool. I have never heard of this before. Which is rare. Thank you for the information and great video!
@rickpontificates3406
@rickpontificates3406 2 роки тому
Both Dupin and Sherlock Holmes were inspired by a REAL LIFE super sleuth named Eugene Francois Vidocq who lived in the 18th century.
@apollothefirst
@apollothefirst 3 роки тому
Turk: Can I play white? Napoleon: Hmm, can I be this time? Turk: REEEE LET ME BE WHITE I WANT TO BE WHITE!!!!!!
@wsp995
@wsp995 3 роки тому
Lol
@sumvs5992
@sumvs5992 3 роки тому
@Graham Murphy okay, how are a series of gears able to calculate moves that are able to match the best players at the time?
@TheStrayy
@TheStrayy 3 роки тому
@@sumvs5992 it’s much more complicated than a couple of gears
@harty1344
@harty1344 3 роки тому
It's a woman
@TheStrayy
@TheStrayy 3 роки тому
@@harty1344 hey Siri. Find me a big. Beautiful. WOMAN
@Ryan-vl2nn
@Ryan-vl2nn 3 роки тому
Fascinating story. I can’t believe that I never heard of the “Turk” before, but am thankful for knowing it’s story now.
@dawey8897
@dawey8897 3 роки тому
Same, for an automaton who defeated many well known people it doesn't seem well known
@mazadancoseben4818
@mazadancoseben4818 3 роки тому
@@dawey8897 , exactly. It's terrifying!
@JohnJBrowne11209
@JohnJBrowne11209 10 місяців тому
Probably showing my age but I read about this 50+ years ago in the How & Why Wonder Book Robots and Electronic Brains
@valmarsiglia
@valmarsiglia 2 роки тому
Glad I discovered your channel. Lots of very interesting stories told in a very engaging manner.
@secabrepheox5450
@secabrepheox5450 3 роки тому
Thats actually impressive. Would be nice if someone could make a replicate of it.
@DanaPAH
@DanaPAH Рік тому
Someone did. 21:34
@andor888
@andor888 3 роки тому
I think the most amazing thing about this is that Kasparov was able to detect unusual behaviour from Deep Blue based on one move in the endgame.
@TailsClock
@TailsClock 3 роки тому
"With the automaton destroyed, Mitchel's son, *Silly Ass*..." As someone with a friend called Silas, It's amazing I don't recall anyone ever calling him that in highschool. Also surprising you went and called the guy that here. Did he wrong you?
@Psichotica7
@Psichotica7 3 роки тому
Lol, I did a double take when I heard that, then a second later he showed his name. A calculated move, I'm sure...
@bobchuseby
@bobchuseby 3 роки тому
He also says "Eggdar Allen Poe."
@VoxelMusic
@VoxelMusic 3 роки тому
Talk about taking it personally on behalf of someone else.
@felipecardoza9967
@felipecardoza9967 2 роки тому
EAP's analysis of this machine was a good read. Some of his reasons for debunking it was that it did not invariably win, it only did extra movements when the next move was obvious, the order of opening the doors to "prove" it was all machinery, as well as the fact that the automaton was often not exhibited when a certain person was ill...
@zoltankaldy
@zoltankaldy Рік тому
I like your videos, and I was surprised on this one, as I am Hungarian (it is a small country), and did not expect a full video something so much about Hungary. Thank you for this one too!
@vittxrio5198
@vittxrio5198 3 роки тому
I love how Thoughty2 frequently uploads this year!
@itsogy
@itsogy 3 роки тому
Thoughty is securing the bag 💰💰
@reinubekun146
@reinubekun146 3 роки тому
Ikr
@dillonisscared306
@dillonisscared306 3 роки тому
I like your howl pfp
@chilanrm6645
@chilanrm6645 3 роки тому
VITTXRIO same
@condorianonegdiffsgoku
@condorianonegdiffsgoku 3 роки тому
@Graham Murphy That's also what Wikipedia says.
@nafiulhabib3081
@nafiulhabib3081 3 роки тому
When faced of a machine that could think for itself... They called bullshit... Had me laughing 🤣
@littlefire9743
@littlefire9743 3 роки тому
Omg me too
@Risseii
@Risseii 3 роки тому
Me too!
@StevieTechno
@StevieTechno 3 роки тому
Love the mispronunciation at 17:40 . You said 'Silly ass' instead of Silas PMSL and so did the Mrs when we heard it, keep it up LOL! Nice 1
@promosolo
@promosolo 2 роки тому
Love it! Great content as always - thank you :)
@TheNukedNacho
@TheNukedNacho 3 роки тому
This robot may be able to beat me in chess. But I’d like to see how it fares against my sledgehammer.
@agisuru
@agisuru 3 роки тому
Garry Kasparov after losing to Deep Blue This isn't a joke, he started carrying a crowbar to chess matches from then on for explicitly that purpose
@aongo7615
@aongo7615 3 роки тому
@@agisuru We started learning about Garry Kasparov in our degree studies recently. Didn't took long for his name to show up here.
@Valigarmanda
@Valigarmanda 3 роки тому
It's all fun and games till the automaton catches the sledgehammer with its hand and starts laughing mechanically.
@TheNukedNacho
@TheNukedNacho 3 роки тому
@@Valigarmanda HAAAANS. GET ZE FLAMMENWERFER
@GasMeltdown
@GasMeltdown 3 роки тому
finally we have found him, history's biggest simp
@francisconsidine4067
@francisconsidine4067 3 роки тому
A very smart simp
@toothpasteman3400
@toothpasteman3400 3 роки тому
@@francisconsidine4067 a simp nonetheless
@tprime2702
@tprime2702 3 роки тому
Wasn't Maria Theresa a... I don't know, lunatic?
@Jonathanizer
@Jonathanizer 3 роки тому
Pretty sure this guy was compensated well for entertaining the court.
@McL0VINNN
@McL0VINNN 3 роки тому
Scholars have found that he sent hundreds of dollars to Belle Delphine.
@riffwizardsupreme
@riffwizardsupreme Рік тому
i first heard about thoughty2 in 2014 when i was in the 6th grade. my science teacher used to play his videos a handful of times for intros to whatever subject.
@rockydee7499
@rockydee7499 3 роки тому
Wolfgang would have gotten away with prestige and fame if he never rebuilt that machine again.
@sideways3667
@sideways3667 3 роки тому
Dude, I just want to thank you for being one of the only channels that isn’t politically charged, self centered, a rip off, reactionary, or any of the other bullshit genres that makes up 99% of UKposts. THIS is the type of content I come to UKposts for. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
@maxrockatansky3102
@maxrockatansky3102 3 роки тому
So true, totally agree with you 100%, almost impossible to find interesting content
@sharonking574
@sharonking574 3 роки тому
Try out MrBallen. He does supernatural stuff but majority does real murder mysterys strange occurances and stuff along those lines
@TheBlueprintsOrlando
@TheBlueprintsOrlando 3 роки тому
I second that statement.
@ClingyCrab
@ClingyCrab 3 роки тому
@@sharonking574 Yes.
@sharonking574
@sharonking574 3 роки тому
@@ClingyCrab yes
@brantnuttall
@brantnuttall 3 роки тому
Chess playing pianist here. It's still known as Maelzel's Metronome and if you've ever wondered why at the beginning of some pieces have the indication MM: crotchet = 88, now you know what the MM stands for.
@FunFactsHistory
@FunFactsHistory Рік тому
Amazing video as always! Just a tiny correction, Maria Theresa was a Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. Bulgaria was still fighting for independance of the Ottoman Empire during her rule.
@samueldjsamdominguez1285
@samueldjsamdominguez1285 Рік тому
This is one of those episodes that 🤯 thank you so much for this greeting from Puerto Rico
@DownhillAllTheWay
@DownhillAllTheWay 3 роки тому
Actually, even though it was a hoax, the Turk must have had some pretty smart mechanics inside of it to convincingly reproduce the movements of the chess master inside, and for him to be able to unerringly follow his opponent's moves. It's always a bit of a give-away, though, when a machine loses its temper. There was another automaton that could write pre-programmed texts - and it wasn't a hoax. It was a mechanical marvel of its time.
@renz1013
@renz1013 3 роки тому
yeah which impressed me the most
@swiftfox3461
@swiftfox3461 3 роки тому
IDK. A mechanical counter and an arm-sweep mechanism wouldn't be impossible to implement.
@DownhillAllTheWay
@DownhillAllTheWay 3 роки тому
@@swiftfox3461 Clearly, it _wasn't_ impossible. Some mechanical inventor did it 200 years ago, at a time when many other fantastic automata were made - able to write a sentence, or the silver swan (Bowes museum) that swallows a fish. But my point was, that many people feel that there was nothing wonderful about it because there was a human chess player inside - so there was nothing clever about it. It was, nonetheless, a feat of design and fine mechanics. Fine mechanics goes back further than that, of course - but that doesn't mean it wasn't an admirable feat of ingenuity. Clocks are fine mechanical contrivances, and they have existed for quite a while, and the Antikythera mechanism has taught us that some technicians had detailed mechanical knowledge, even BC. But gearwheels were cut by hand, we believe, with a chisel. Try that some time. Just make a pair of meshing gearwheels without the aid of anything other than hand tools, and see if you don't think that fine mechanics without the advantage of machine tools is not "pretty smart mechanics".
@zp944
@zp944 2 роки тому
@@DownhillAllTheWay heal yourself bro
@masteryoda2918
@masteryoda2918 3 роки тому
I saw a movie where the "Turk" actually was a clear system of gears and levers and was controlled by a midget that was hidden inside the box at the bottom.
@fernandojuarez4499
@fernandojuarez4499 3 роки тому
whats it called
@masteryoda2918
@masteryoda2918 3 роки тому
@@fernandojuarez4499 - sorry that was a translated - dubbed over from some other language movie from way back in the 70 - 80`s. I think it was German made, I could be wrong.
@ShalmendoGlineux
@ShalmendoGlineux 3 роки тому
@@masteryoda2918 For some reason I thought you were referring to that one episode of Doctor Who lol
@wedgie502
@wedgie502 2 роки тому
This was a wonderful and elegantly told story! Awesome video!
@elheehee5042
@elheehee5042 3 роки тому
I love how the holy Roman emperor is just casually the son of the Turkish queen
@Maveraxus2.0
@Maveraxus2.0 3 роки тому
“There was another reaction people had to the Turk- RAID SHADOW LEGENDS!!”
@Nichodo
@Nichodo 3 роки тому
Nice one man XD
@Burn_Angel
@Burn_Angel 3 роки тому
I imagined someone saying that, then being raided by vikings. Vikings with guns. *Gun vikings*
@j7.018
@j7.018 3 роки тому
@@Burn_Angel Ooo joajajis I know what I'm going to draw today.
@AcidxAnarchy
@AcidxAnarchy 3 роки тому
We're doomed.
@msaocer
@msaocer 3 роки тому
I got AFK Arena, the new Raid shadow legends
@alphaundpinsel2431
@alphaundpinsel2431 3 роки тому
the ultimate "he had us in the first half, not gonna lie"
@lynng9618
@lynng9618 2 роки тому
Read about this years ago. Ambrose Bierce (Occurance at Owl's Creek; That Damned Thing) also read about it and was inspired enough to write "Moxon's Master".
@charliepea
@charliepea Рік тому
So many all-stars mentioned in this video. Man that machine must be so lucky to be part of their history.
@contessa.adella
@contessa.adella 3 роки тому
11:07 “There was another common reaction people had to the Turk” LET’S PLAY RAID SHADOW LEGENDS! 😂 The unwanted Ad had impeccable timing.
@goatz4u
@goatz4u 3 роки тому
I got "unemployment is skyrocketing" 😂
@foxkit69
@foxkit69 3 роки тому
@@goatz4u I got Adblock Plus.
@Ni9kye
@Ni9kye 3 роки тому
Could be worse, some welsh git ranting about the funeral industry
@ainumeny
@ainumeny 3 роки тому
"Frankenstein" the First science fiction? What about Cyrano de Bergerac "Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon" from mid 1650?
@gagesherman8826
@gagesherman8826 3 роки тому
There was also a novel written by a Roman author that was... basically Hitchhiker's Guide. I think it was called "The Most True Story" or something and the first line was "This story is all fake."
@one8576
@one8576 3 роки тому
Even Wikipedia doesn't think it was the first sci-fi novel.
@Lucius1958
@Lucius1958 3 роки тому
@@gagesherman8826 Lucian's "True History"?
@narrahian9713
@narrahian9713 3 роки тому
@@jacobfahmy5724 science fiction is a category of non fiction you emoji spamming 4head
@amelia5603
@amelia5603 3 роки тому
@@narrahian9713 Are you kidding? It’s literally in the name. Science fiction is fiction.
@JamesStoddah
@JamesStoddah 2 роки тому
That was pretty cool. Love that story (well delivered too!)
@pieteri.duplessis
@pieteri.duplessis 2 роки тому
Pleasure to watch, and listen, as always. Thanks.
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