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00:00Alright habibis and habibtis, let's talk tech.
00:03No, not Elon Musk. No one wants to go to Mars, bro.
00:06I'm talking about the OG engineer, inventor, problem solver,
00:09Badi' al-Zaman, Abu'l-Izz al-Jazaeri.
00:11Yeah, that's a name so long it can be a password.
00:14But remember it, because this dude didn't just build machines, he changed the game.
00:18It's the 12th century, we're in Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq-Syria.
00:21Al-Jazaeri is living in the golden age of Islamic innovation.
00:24People were thriving, and he was casually hanging out with the caliphs and solving problems.
00:28He said,
00:29Sultani Aba, let me make machines use the water to do stuff for us, yakh.
00:34Tablayk khayyo, the water system in my palace is not working.
00:38Laka do something, ya zalami.
00:40Sultani, relax, aani, I got you. That's my vibe.
00:45Al-Jazaeri pulls out a sketchpad and he starts drawing his famous automatic water pump machine.
00:49Agal lek, the flowing water powers this large wheel.
00:52The wheel turns a system of gears connected to a piston.
00:55The piston moves back and forth.
00:57This motion sucks up the water from a river through the pipe.
01:00The water is then pushed out and flows to where it's needed.
01:02To your farms, to your gardens.
01:04Laka, ya zalami, you genius.
01:06Laka, ya abu al-izz.
01:08Name your reward.
01:09Qasaman, azaman, halla.
01:10Tahya, Sultani.
01:11Khaliha ala rabbik, alhamdulillah.
01:13I enjoy creating.
01:14Al-Jazaeri wasn't just an engineer.
01:16He was an artist.
01:17He was so good at what he did that he was commissioned by the sultan to document his work.
01:22So he wrote Kitab al-Hiyal.
01:24The Book of Knowledge of the Ingenious of Mechanical Devices.
01:27And this is not just a book.
01:28It's a blueprint for all engineering.
01:30Six chapters.
01:31Fifty devices.
01:32Qassam billah.
01:33Each one more mind...
01:34more blowing the mind than the last.
01:36For example, he created a...
01:38I created a large clock.
01:39Palace centerpiece.
01:40Wasammiha.
01:41The castle clock.
01:43This thing didn't just tell the time.
01:45Qassam billah.
01:46It put on the show.
01:47My alarm clock just wakes me up.
01:50Yani, I'm not saying your gadgets are basic.
01:52But they are.
01:53And then there's the elephant clock.
01:54A cultural tribute.
01:56A water-powered...
01:57A water-powered masterpiece.
01:58Inside the elephant...
01:59Bro, you're gonna explain now?
02:00Chop, yahi.
02:01A hidden water tank slowly fills the bowl with a hole.
02:03When the bowl sinks, it triggers levers dropping the bowl into the dragon's mouth.
02:07Making the drummer hit the drum.
02:09And resetting every 30 minutes.
02:10You make me feel stupid.
02:12And I'm a very smart man.
02:13Yahi, my 12-year-old boy understands.
02:15Khalas, follow the script.
02:16Follow.
02:17It had Indian elephants, Chinese dragons, and Arabic water technology.
02:20It was like the Avengers of engineering.
02:22A global collaboration in one masterpiece.
02:24Okay, but I didn't stop there.
02:26I created an automatic hand-washing machine for hygiene.
02:29And get this.
02:30He also invented an early version of a mechanical robot.
02:33It was like a programmable human-like automation that could serve drinks.
02:36Hey, hey.
02:37Let's not forget about the automatic peacock wudu machine I make.
02:41A peacock?
02:42Who does that?
02:43Ani.
02:44I do, bro.
02:45His inventions weren't just cool.
02:46They were revolutionary.
02:47He combined art, science, and practicality in ways no one had seen before.
02:51Al-Jazari's work laid the foundation for modern robotics and hydraulics.
02:54See, where I'm from, we're just like y'all.
02:56I'm also the man of the house.
03:00Did I just get served a drink by a goddamn robot?
03:02He, ayywa, this my servant.
03:04I call him Musk.
03:08But you know what blows my mind?
03:09Ani.
03:10Me, of course.
03:11Nope.
03:12It's that he invented automation.
03:13Centuries before factories, he was programming machines to do things that humans didn't want to.
03:18Yabeh, I didn't just change engineering.
03:20I changed the way we all live.
03:21Yeah, okay, bro.
03:22So the next time someone talks about AI, tell them it all started with Al-Jazari.
03:25And to all you tech bros out there, you're standing on his shoulders.
03:28And that's it, folks.
03:29Catch you in the next one.
03:31Just imagine what I could have done with the 3D printer and the Wi-Fi.
03:35Okay, we get it, bro.
03:36You're very smart.
03:373D printer on the fly.
03:38You know?