Moxon's Master (short story) (1893)

by Ambrose Bierce

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Long before the word robot grew familiar a chess playing automaton breaks free of control with serious consequences for its' inventor. A cautionary tale for our present A.I. Age.

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How would you define a machine?
If it thinks, then would you say that this is a human being?

These are the questions you need to think while reading the story.

If you like to read a gothic story where there are not just apparitions but something more horrific and secretive, then this is a story for horror lovers. (

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Sucharita1986 | Oct 27, 2020 |

The narrator was moved by the scientist's claim that 'consciousness is the product of rhythm.' I don't even know what that means. He goes on to derive that, therefore, everything is conscious. Huh?

In any case, read this in companion to [b:Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus|543102|Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus The 1818 Text (World's Classics)|Mary Shelley|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1389930898s/543102.jpg|4836639]. Note the motif - whether monster, automaton, or robot, lots of folk are afraid of them! (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Ambrose Bierce	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Škvorecký, Josef	Foreword	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Zábrana, Jan	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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We, Robots by Simon Ings

Robots through the Ages: A Science Fiction Anthology by Robert Silverberg

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The Damned Thing: Weird and Ghostly Tales by Ambrose Bierce

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Moxon's Master (short story)

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1893

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Moxon

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Haley

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