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	A self-operating and, by some definitions, self-aware machine - a term that predates but accurately describes modern mechanically-housed or otherwise physicalized [[Ai\|artificial intelligences]] such as [[Deep-blue\|Deep Blue]]. The term automaton first appears in the writings of Homer in [[error\|Greek Mythology]]: he describes rows of self-guided, anthropomorphic machines parading out of Vulcan's workshop. The Kabbalah documents the creation of all manner of animalistic automata by King [[Lesser-key-of-solomon\|Solomon]]<ref>Whether the [[Shamir\|shamir]] qualify as automata is a topic of much scholarly debate.</ref> - primarily to assemble and defend his great temple. Additional accounts of automata were documented in Hindu scripture, in various Sanskrit [[codex\|codices]], and by the pen of the famed "father of robotics", Muslim scholar Al-Jazari, who described a plethora of complex mechanical humanoids in his ''Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices''.		A self-operating and, by some definitions, self-aware machine - a term that predates but accurately describes modern mechanically-housed or otherwise physicalized [[Ai\|artificial intelligences]] such as [[Deep-blue\|Deep Blue]]. The term automaton first appears in the writings of Homer in [[error\|Greek Mythology]]: he describes rows of self-guided, anthropomorphic machines parading out of Vulcan's workshop. The Kabbalah documents the creation of all manner of animalistic automata by King [[Lesser-key-of-solomon\|Solomon]]<ref>Whether the [[Shamir\|shamir]] qualify as automata is a topic of much scholarly debate.</ref> - primarily to assemble and defend his great temple. Additional accounts of automata were documented in Hindu scripture, in various Sanskrit [[codex\|codices]], and by the pen of the famed "father of robotics", Muslim scholar Al-Jazari, who described a plethora of complex mechanical humanoids in his ''Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices''.

			<small><kbd>Ωref# Badīʿ az-Zaman Abu l-ʿIzz ibn Ismāʿīl ibn ar-Razāz al-Jazarī :: ''Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices [1206].''</kbd></small>

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	A self-operating and, by some definitions, self-aware machine - a term that predates but accurately describes modern mechanically-housed or otherwise physicalized [[Ai\|artificial intelligences]] such as [[Deep-blue\|Deep Blue]]. The term automaton first appears in the writings of Homer in [[error\|Greek Mythology]]: he describes rows of self-guided, anthropomorphic machines parading out of Vulcan's workshop. The Kabbalah documents the creation of all manner of animalistic automata by King [[Lesser-key-of-solomon\|Solomon]]<ref>Whether the [[Shamir\|shamir]] qualify as automata is a topic of much scholarly debate.</ref> - primarily to assemble and defend his great temple. Additional accounts of automata were documented in Hindu scripture, in various Sanskrit [[codex\|codices]], and by the pen of the famed "father of robotics", Muslim scholar Al-Jazari, who described a plethora of complex mechanical humanoids in his ''Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices''.		A self-operating and, by some definitions, self-aware machine - a term that predates but accurately describes modern mechanically-housed or otherwise physicalized [[Ai\|artificial intelligences]] such as [[Deep-blue\|Deep Blue]]. The term automaton first appears in the writings of Homer in [[error\|Greek Mythology]]: he describes rows of self-guided, anthropomorphic machines parading out of Vulcan's workshop. The Kabbalah documents the creation of all manner of animalistic automata by King [[Lesser-key-of-solomon\|Solomon]]<ref>Whether the [[Shamir\|shamir]] qualify as automata is a topic of much scholarly debate.</ref> - primarily to assemble and defend his great temple. Additional accounts of automata were documented in Hindu scripture, in various Sanskrit [[codex\|codices]], and by the pen of the famed "father of robotics", Muslim scholar Al-Jazari, who described a plethora of complex mechanical humanoids in his ''Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices''.

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==Automaton==
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A self-operating and, by some definitions, self-aware machine - a term that predates but accurately describes modern mechanically-housed or otherwise physicalized [[Ai|artificial intelligences]] such as [[Deep-blue|Deep Blue]]. The term automaton first appears in the writings of Homer in [[error|Greek Mythology]]: he describes rows of self-guided, anthropomorphic machines parading out of Vulcan's workshop. The Kabbalah documents the creation of all manner of animalistic automata by King [[Lesser-key-of-solomon|Solomon]]<ref>Whether the [[Shamir|shamir]] qualify as automata is a topic of much scholarly debate.</ref> - primarily to assemble and defend his great temple. Additional accounts of automata were documented in Hindu scripture, in various Sanskrit [[codex|codices]], and by the pen of the famed "father of robotics", Muslim scholar Al-Jazari, who described a plethora of complex mechanical humanoids in his ''Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices''.