baumhaus.digital/Studium Generale/Short History of the Learning Machine/Between Archetypes & Myths: Machine as a Projection of the Human Self/What Is a Machine?/Deus ex Machina
In Greek theatre, a mēkhanē could be the stage apparatus that lifted a god into view.
Hence: deus ex machina — the god from the machine.
human construction → superhuman appearance
The machine makes visible powers that exceed the ordinary human body.