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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.31,0:00:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hephaestus, god of technology, was hard at\Nwork on his most ingenious invention yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.66,0:00:15.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was creating a new defense \Nsystem for King Minos,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.95,0:00:19.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who wanted fewer intruders on his \Nisland kingdom of Crete.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.95,0:00:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But mortal guards and ordinary \Nweapons wouldn’t suffice,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.28,0:00:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the visionary god devised an \Nindomitable new defender.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.34,0:00:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the fires of his forge,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.02,0:00:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hephaestus cast his invention in \Nthe shape of a giant man.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.54,0:00:37.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Made of gleaming bronze; endowed with \Nsuperhuman strength,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.23,0:00:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and powered by ichor, \Nthe life fluid of the gods,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.52,0:00:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this automaton was unlike anything \NHephaestus had forged before.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.74,0:00:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The god named his creation Talos: \Nthe first robot.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.43,0:00:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three times a day, the bronze guardian \Nmarched around the island's perimeter
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.60,0:00:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,searching for interlopers.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.39,0:00:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he identified ships \Napproaching the coast,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.86,0:01:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he hurled massive boulders \Ninto their path.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.76,0:01:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If any survivors made it ashore,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.96,0:01:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he would heat his metal body red-hot \Nand crush victims to his chest.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.05,0:01:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Talos was intended to fulfill his duties \Nday after day, with no variation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.96,0:01:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But despite his robotic behavior,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.04,0:01:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he possessed an internal life his victims \Ncould scarcely imagine.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.20,0:01:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And soon,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.12,0:01:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the behemoth would encounter a ship \Nof invaders that would test his mettle.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.83,0:01:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bedraggled crew of Jason, Medea, \Nand the Argonauts
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.27,0:01:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were returning from their hard-won quest \Nto retrieve the Golden Fleece.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.52,0:01:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their adventure had taken \Nmany dark turns,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.97,0:01:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the weary sailors were desperate \Nto rest in a safe harbor.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.97,0:01:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They’d heard tales of Crete’s invulnerable\Nbronze colossus,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.42,0:01:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and made for a sheltered cove.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.90,0:01:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But before they could even drop anchor, \NTalos spotted them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.87,0:01:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While the Argonauts cowered at the \Napproach of the awesome automaton,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.67,0:01:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sorceress Medea spotted a glinting \Nbolt on the robot’s ankle—
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.07,0:02:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and devised a clever gambit.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.76,0:02:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Medea offered Talos a bargain:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.99,0:02:05.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she claimed that she could \Nmake Talos immortal
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.59,0:02:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in exchange for removing the bolt.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.21,0:02:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Medea's promise resonated deep \Nwithin his core.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.37,0:02:13.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unaware of his own mechanical nature,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.87,0:02:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and human enough to long for \Neternal life, Talos agreed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.66,0:02:22.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While Medea muttered incantations, \NJason removed the bolt.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.97,0:02:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Medea suspected, the bolt was a \Nweak point in Hephaestus’ design.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.90,0:02:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ichor flowed out like molten lead, \Ndraining Talos of his power source.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.80,0:02:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The robot collapsed with \Na thunderous crash,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.94,0:02:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Argonauts were free \Nto travel home.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.51,0:02:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This story, first recorded in \Nroughly 700 BCE,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.31,0:02:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,raises some familiar anxieties \Nabout artificial intelligence—
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.40,0:02:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even provides an ancient \Nblueprint for science fiction.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.40,0:02:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But according to historians, ancient \Nrobots were more than just myths.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.74,0:02:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the 4th century BCE,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.58,0:03:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Greek engineers began making \Nactual automatons
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.95,0:03:05.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including robotic servants and \Nflying models of birds.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.95,0:03:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,None of these creations were \Nas famous as Talos,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.75,0:03:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who appeared on Greek coins, vase \Npaintings, public frescoes,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.51,0:03:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in theatrical performances.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.51,0:03:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even 2,500 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.92,0:03:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Greeks had already begun to investigate \Nthe uncertain line
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.24,0:03:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between human and machine.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.58,0:03:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And like many modern myths about \Nartificial intelligence,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.81,0:03:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Talos’ tale is as much about his robotic \Nheart as it is about his robotic brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.74,0:03:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Illustrating the demise of Talos on a \Nvase of the fifth century BCE,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.23,0:03:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one painter captured the dying \Nautomaton’s despair
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.54,0:03:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a tear rolling down his bronze cheek.