Cory Doctorow on Nostr: While making this collage (and snipping little medieval dudes out of Agostino ...
While making this collage (and snipping little medieval dudes out of Agostino Ramelli’s 16th C "Theatre of Machines") I was amused by how many had 6 or 7 fingers. Weird hands predate AI - plenty of overworked engravers seem to have lost count.
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