Category: Ridiculous History

When AI Goes Rogue: The Hilarious (and Crucial) Lessons from Bots Cheating at Tetris

July 3, 2025

Blog, Chess, Ethics, Gaming, History of AI, Ridiculous History, Tetris, Throwback Thursday

Reading Time: 8 minutes – When AI cheats at Tetris, it’s hilarious! But these digital tricksters teach us about AI goals & human values. #AICheating
The Mechanical Turk: The 18th-Century Hoax That Foreshadowed AI’s Future

April 17, 2025

Autonomous Robots, Blog, History of AI, Ridiculous History, Throwback Thursday

Reading Time: 10 minutes – The Mechanical Turk, an 18th-century automaton chess player, sparked debates about intelligence and illusion, paralleling today’s AI technologies like Amazon’s MTurk, highlighting the ongoing relationship between human creativity and machine performance in defining intelligence.