The Turk Retires
America turns 250 the same week Bezos's "artificial artificial intelligence" machine files for retirement. The fake automaton always had an expert hidden inside — now the expert steps out of the box and trains the real one. Your filing cabinet is the moat.
Harry DeMott · Jul 6, 2026 · 12 min read
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