Title:
Alan Turing: Codebreaker and AI Pioneer
Speaker:
Prof. B. Jack Copeland
Date/Place:
2006-11-30 MIT, Computer Science and AI Laboratory (CSAIL)
Keywords:
Turing, cryptography, artificial intelligence, künstliche Intelligenz, Weltkrieg, Uboot, U-Boot, Enigma, Verschlüsselung, Code, Alan Turing
Description:
The code-breaking work at Bletchley Park, which helped save Britain from Nazi Germany, qualifies as one of the greatest stories of World War II, and the misunderstood genius, Alan Turing, stands at the center of this tale. Perhaps no one understands Turing’s role during this period -- and his larger impact on mathematics and computing -- like B. Jack Copeland. In this lecture, Copeland contends that Turing should be celebrated as the father of artificial intelligence.
