Alan Mathison Turing (1912–1954) was a mathematician, computer scientist and codebreaker and is often described as ‘the father of modern computing’. He influenced the development of theoretical computer science, for which he provided a formalisation of algorithms and computation with the idea of a universal computer, known as a ‘Turing Machine.’
The most famous benchmark test of artificial intelligence – whether a machine can think - is known as the ‘Turing Test’ and as AI continues to expand, researchers will need to question Turing's Test.
Alan Turing was an extraordinary man who crammed into a life of only 42 years the careers of mathematician, codebreaker, computer scientist and biologist. His codebreaking work at Bletchley Park was so significant it helped to shorten the Second World War, and with Tommy Flowers he built the first computer. A man ahead of his time, many of his theories and calculations are still relevant today.
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