[kohsuke]

I forgot which book it was (maybe "the three body problem"?) but there was a science fiction story where a Chinese king makes his soldier act as a logical gate and his army becomes a computer. I was like, wow, I didn't think about that, but it totally makes sense!!

[gpm]

That is the three body problem, and while avoiding spoilers, not exactly a Chinese king.

[Sander_Marechal]

There's an XKCD for everything :-) https://xkcd.com/505/