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AI6YR Ben<p>LOL, accidentally ran across this photo of an actual, musical organ design (Tipu's Tiger). It's an automaton (ie early "robot").</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/musicalinstruments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musicalinstruments</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/tiger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tiger</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/robot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robot</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/automaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automaton</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_India_Museum_Revisited/KFnWEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=1&amp;dq=%22pai+jamahs%22&amp;pg=PA60&amp;printsec=frontcover" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">google.com/books/edition/The_I</span><span class="invisible">ndia_Museum_Revisited/KFnWEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=1&amp;dq=%22pai+jamahs%22&amp;pg=PA60&amp;printsec=frontcover</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>In Greek mythology, the smith god Hephaestus built many metal automatons, including tripods with golden wheels, golden and silver lion and dog guardians, the bronze giant Talos, and even golden handmaidens who could think and feel (and who helped the crippled god to walk).</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WyrdWednesday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ClassicalMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalMythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GreekMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekMythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ClassicalFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalFolklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GreekFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekFolklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greece</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Robot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Robot</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Automaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automaton</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Hephaestus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hephaestus</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Vulcan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vulcan</span></a></p>
Global Museum<p>Victorian pig automaton on wheels.<br>@CuriosMuseum <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pigs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pigs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/toys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toys</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Victorian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Victorian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/automaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automaton</span></a></p>
Global Museum<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Automaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automaton</span></a>, "Cittern Player" A mechanism makes her play the cittern, turn her head and trip along the table.</p><p>Such works were a speciality of Juanelo Torriano, celebrated clockmaker of Emperor Charles V - this automaton is attributed to him. (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@jdmccafferty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jdmccafferty</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a></p>
Cultura Nova<p>“"You Are My Friend” Early Androids and Artificial Speech."</p><p>Centuries before audio deepfakes and text-to-speech software, inventors in the eighteenth century constructed androids with swelling lungs, flexible lips, and moving tongues to simulate human speech. Jessica Riskin explores their history, from their origins in musical automata to inventors’ quixotic attempts to make machines pronounce words, converse, and declare their love. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Automaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automaton</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/early-androids-and-artificial-speech/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicdomainreview.org/essay/e</span><span class="invisible">arly-androids-and-artificial-speech/</span></a></p>
PSiReN-X<p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Welcome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Welcome</span></a> to <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/TheThuleSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheThuleSociety</span></a> </p><p>Your host: <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/KarlRuprectKroenen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KarlRuprectKroenen</span></a> ably assisted by <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Automaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automaton</span></a> and <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/CluckworkOrange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CluckworkOrange</span></a></p><p>🧙⚔️🤖🐺🤖⚔️🧙 | 🪐🦹🚀🦄🚀🦹🪐</p>
Santiago Andrés Triana<p>Conway's Game of Life automaton simulated by another, in turn simulated by another, in turn ... ad infinitum:<br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Automaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automaton</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://oimo.io/works/life/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">oimo.io/works/life/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Ingram Braun <a href="https://twitter.com/babel56/status/1605609042646294528" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">♲</a> @<span class=""><a href="https://twitter.com/babel56" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="mention">babel56@twitter.com</span></a>:</span><blockquote><a href="https://friendica.ingram-braun.net/search?tag=ChessAutomaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChessAutomaton</span></a><br>Chess automaton "Ajeeb the Wonderful" (built by Charles Hopper)<br>Cabinet card photograph<br>Photographer: Falk, New York<br>1886<br>Harvard Theatre Collection, Harvard University<br><a href="https://friendica.ingram-braun.net/search?tag=chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chess</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.ingram-braun.net/search?tag=automaton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automaton</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.ingram-braun.net/search?tag=Ajeeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ajeeb</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.ingram-braun.net/search?tag=CharlesHooper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlesHooper</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.ingram-braun.net/search?tag=photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a><br>📷 WikimediaCommons</blockquote>
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