Don’t confuse this with the infamous Mechanical Turk, which appeared to be ... Of course, it couldn’t play a full game of chess. The machine always played white with a king and rook in a ...

See crowdsourcing. The name comes from Wolfgang von Kempelen's mechanical "Turk" in the mid-1700s, which was an expert chess player dressed up as a wooden mannequin. Defeating challengers ...

Karatekin also refers back to MIT many times, including referencing Rybka or “little fish” system developed by an MIT alumnus ...