In 1939, after the outbreak of World War II, the Allied forces facing Germany had a problem. While it was easy to intercept German wireless communications, their content was difficult to decipher as ...

A professor of computer science explains why the original limitations of Turing Machines still govern the age of advanced AI like ChatGPT. Reading time 4 minutes Empowered by artificial intelligence ...

Alan Turing's simple thought experiment, a human in a box following a book of instructions, redefined what it means to think ...

At the beginning of the 20th century, scientists began wondering whether mental work could be mechanized just like physical labor. This video explores how that question led Alan Turing to design the ...

This week we’ll venture in the realm of theory for a change, starting with Turing machines. In case some of you don’t know what a Turing machine is, here is the Wikipedia definition: “A theoretical ...