Quanta Magazine

The Most Important Machine That Was Never Built

When he invented Turing machines in 1936, Alan Turing also invented modern computing. In 1928, the German mathematicians David Hilbert and Wilhelm Ackermann proposed a question called the ...

Alan Turing Was World War II’s Greatest Codebreaker. His Private Papers Reveal A Secret Project.

Newly revealed documents show that, while breaking Nazi codes, Turing was also building a device that almost changed military communication forever.
Ars Technica

If AI is making the Turing test obsolete, what might be better?

If a machine or an AI program matches or surpasses human intelligence, does that mean it can simulate humans perfectly? If yes, then what about reasoning—our ability to apply logic and think ...

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?"

Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India. Get all the trending City News, India News, Business News, and Sports News. For Entertainment News, TV News, and Lifestyle Tips, visit Etimes.
National Geographic news

New AI may pass the famed Turing Test. This is the man who created it.

The brilliant English mathematician Alan Turing cracked German codes in WWII, revolutionized computer science—and foresaw the moral questions of modern technology. One of Alan Turing's many ...