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AI Before Computers: Myths, Legends, and Mechanical Marvels

From the bronze giant Talos to Babbage’s Analytical Engine — how ancient myths, medieval automata, and 19th‑century visionaries dreamed of artificial life long before the computer existed.

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Telegraph, telephone, and the dream of a global network — the long prehistory of connected communication that made the internet inevitable.

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