DISCUSS: Alan Turing

Tell me what you think of the code-breaker, Father of AI, and believer in telepathy

Young Alan Turing while in school. Probably taken in the mid-1920s. Source.

What do we think of this twentieth-century genius? Let’s chat about him. In the chat, let’s talk about:

• Did any part of Alan Turing’s story move you?

• What do you think of Turing’s belief in telepathy? Is he right that it’s just a matter of time until we prove it’s real?

• How do you think Turing would feel about how today’s AI and its related issues?

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