QOTD: "We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done"

The legendary computer scientist outlined the foundations for many of the technologies we use today ...
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The universal machine: The idea that made modern computing possible

At the beginning of the 20th century, scientists began wondering whether mental work could be mechanized just like physical labor. This video explores how that question led Alan Turing to design the ...

Quote of the day by Alan Turing: "If a machine can think, it might think more intelligently than we do, and then where should we be?"

Long before anyone had built a machine capable of holding a real conversation, Alan Turing was already asking what would happen the day one finally could. "If a machine can think, it might think more ...

Review: Has AI been chasing the wrong dream since Alan Turing?

The essential question, then, is not whether machines can imitate people. Turing asked a brilliant question for the early age ...
Quanta Magazine

Turing machines

Quanta Magazine Articles on Turing machines In math and computer science, researchers have long understood that some questions are fundamentally unanswerable. Now physicists are exploring how even ...
Time

Computer Pioneer Alan Turing Pardoned of 'Gross Indecency'

UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 18: Ferranti, a weapons and electronics company, was commissioned by the British government to manufacture this computer. It was based on a prototype known as the Manchester Mark ...
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The 75th Anniversary Of The Turing Test

This month is the 75 th anniversary of the Turing Test, which Alan Turing introduced to the world in his paper, “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”, published in the October 1950 issue of the ...