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Yan Shi: The Artificial Human

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The Chinese Liezi tells of the artificer Yan Shi presenting King Mu with a human-like artificial performer.

It walks. It sings. It performs.

When its behavior becomes disturbingly lifelike, the artificer takes it apart.

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  • Yan Shi: The Artificial Human
    The Chinese Liezi tells of the artificer Yan Shi presenting King Mu with a human-like artificial performer.It walks. It sings. It performs.When its behavior bec
    ↝ echoes → China
    • is_parent Open the Black Box 🔒 ·
      apparently human → disassembly → mechanismThe story stages a remarkably durable question:What remains of the human when we open the box?
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