Name: i hooked up a rotary phone from the 1920s to an AI agent, that replies on a mechanical display it’s like a dumbphone without distracting not
Uploaded: 2026-07-08T16:14:55.000Z
Duration: 24 s
Channel: Karen X. Cheng
Description: A woman asks a vintage rotary phone questions, and a mechanical display answers each one.

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i hooked up a rotary phone from the 1920s to an AI agent, that replies on a mechanical display it’s like a dumbphone without distracting notifications here’s how i built this w/ @cursor_ai

A woman asks a vintage rotary phone questions, and a mechanical display answers each one.

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