Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gil Press writes about technology, entrepreneurs and innovation. The first Turing Test (a.k.a Loebner Prize Competition) is held ...

The British mathematician and pioneer of computing Alan Turing published a paper in 1936 which described a Universal Machine, a theoretical model of a computer processor that would later become known ...

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 ...

While the invention of calculus by Newton and Leibniz in the 17th century set the stage for the so-called industrial revolution and unleashed unparalleled analytical power to fast-track human ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American In 1936, whilst studying for his Ph.D. at ...

Such is Turing's legacy: that of a nested chain of pretenses, each pointing not to reality, but to the caricature of another idea, device, individual, or concept. It's hard to overestimate Alan Turing ...