The brilliant English mathematician Alan Turing cracked German codes in WWII, revolutionized computer science—and foresaw the moral questions of modern technology
, has regained new prominence today as some argue that this new generation of AI does in fact pass the Turing test.s what you should know about the legendary English mathematician, codebreaker, and computer scientist.Born in London in 1912, Turing was the son of a high-ranking British colonial administrator based in India. His parents, however, did not want their children brought up there, so they left them to be raised by family friends.
Alan Mathison Turing was born in London on June 23, 1912. Although he lived a lonely childhood, he had a brilliant mind and is remembered today as one of the most talented mathematicians in modern history.Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited. At boarding school, a teenage Turing formed a close bond with his classmate, Christopher Morcom, over their love of science. When Morcom died unexpectedly in 1930, Turing was devastated. In letters to Morcom’s mother, he wondered whether Morcom’s mind could possibly live on without his body.
The loss changed Turing, plunging him into a philosophical, mathematical, and scientific investigation of the human mind that would last a lifetime. He pursued advanced scientific and mathematical studies, receiving a degree in mathematics from Cambridge University in 1934 and a doctorate in mathematics from Princeton University in 1938.challenging a theory of venerated mathematician David Hilbert, who surmised that there was no such thing as an unsolvable mathematical problem.
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