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The article mentioned a man identified only by his last name, Müller, who had exhibited some kind of talking machine in the 1780s.—
Ron Cowen,
Scientific American,
3 June 2026 Nothing holds back computer scientists from developing talking machines that pretend to be humans.—
Jill Lepore,
The New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2024 There’s something about talking machines that just sets Mama’s nerves on edge.—Southern Living,
6 Jan. 2017