Part 4: MECHANICAL TURK

A legal case from 1824 concerning a chess-playing robot that was suspected of hiding a human, involved in a lawsuit over unpaid profits and shipped to America to escape charges. 

benandsebastian with Karina Vold (Alan Turing Institute) and Kumar Yogeeswaran (University of Canterbury). 

Artwork and concept by benandsebastian. Music by Sternum. Mixing and mastering by Conor Dalton.  Photo by David Stjernholm.