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Alan Turing Tribute Suspends 47 Glass Bubbles from a Ceiling
Michael Petry remembers the momentous mathematician with installation 'AT the Core of the Algorithm' at Houston's Hiram Butler Gallery.
Alan Turing’s Unseen Notebook Is Going to Auction
The rare manuscript contains notes on mathematical notation that hint towards the computer scientist’s interest in universal languages.
Alan Turing's Family Wants Britain to Pardon All 49,000 Gay Men Convicted of 'Gross Indecency'
The legendary mathematician helped crack the Nazi Enigma code and hasten the end of World War II, a story told in the Oscar-winning movie 'The Imitation Game.'
This Is What a WWII-Era Codebreaking Machine Sounds Like
"The Imitation Game" is hitting all the right notes at the box office. But what did codebreaking during World War II era actually sound like?
Alan Turing's Most Underrated Discovery Was Also Among His Greatest
One of Turing’s most fascinating intellectual achievements is his research into the mathematics governing patterns in the natural world.
Forget Turing, the Lovelace Test Has a Better Shot at Spotting AI
To pass the Lovelace Test a machine has to create something original, that it wasn't programmed to do.
You Shouldn’t Be Alarmed That a Computer Passed the Turing Test
Alan Turing’s test set the bar for intelligence at convincing 30 percent of human judges that they are communicating with one of their own.
Sorry, Internet, a Computer Didn't Actually 'Pass' the Turing Test
A computer tricked a single human into thinking it was actually a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy—big whoop.
The Military Wants to Build 'Moral' Robots — And Yes, That's Scary
Navy-funded research into robots that can make moral decisions is troubling because of the way humans define military morality.