"...we’re not talking about surrendering to AI psychosis: we’re talking about a literal hand-cranked machine loaded with...

"...we’re not talking about surrendering to AI psychosis: we’re talking about a literal hand-cranked machine loaded with a voice agent that can respond to questions and even translate speech into other languages, provided someone keeps the power flowing.There’s an onboard custom-built capacitor board to store some juice, mind you, but it only provides around 20 seconds of crank-free runtime before you’ve gotta keep crankin’ to keep it alive. That, and it takes a bit of time to get it running - according to the documentation website, it’s a 30-second process “from the moment you start cranking to the moment you’re having a conversation with CrankGPT.” #ai https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/06/11/hand-cranked-ai-box-lets-you-get-a-workout-while-you-wait-for-answers/5254333