Alan Turing Quotes
Mathematician, Computer Scientist
Alan Turing was mathematician, computer scientist from Great Britain
“We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.”— Alan Turing
Final line of 'Computing Machinery and Intelligence' (1950), published in the journal Mind. Turing's foundational paper on artificial intelligence.
The Story of Alan
The Apple on the Desk
In 1952, Turing reported a burglary at his home in Manchester. Police investigated and discovered he was in a relationship with a man. He was arrested, charged with gross indecency, and given a choice: prison or chemical castration via hormone injections. He chose the injections. On June 7, 1954, he was found dead. A half-eaten apple lay on his desk. In 2013, sixty years later, Queen Elizabeth II granted him a royal pardon.
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