Turing test

Will we ever be able to make computers that think and feel? If not, why not? And what has all this got to do with tiles? Plus talks to Sir Roger Penrose about all this and more.

Tags: tessellation : aperiodic tiling : Grand Unified Theory : quantum mechanics : Turing test : artificial intelligence : complex number : human consciousness : non-algorithmic thought : non-recursive mathematics

A test invented by the mathematician Alan Turing in 1950 is helping to stop spammers.

Tags: algorithm : theoretical computing : Turing test : artificial intelligence

Alan Turing is the father of computer science and contributed significantly to the WW2 effort, but his life came to a tragic end. Stefan Kopieczek explores his story.

Tags: cryptography : computer science : Turing Machine : Turing test : artificial intelligence : Enigma : Bletchley Park : halting problem

Mike Yates looks at the life and work of wartime code-breaker Alan Turing. Find out what types of numbers we can't count and why there are limits on what can be achieved with Turing machines.

Tags: Turing Machine : theoretical computing : Turing test : artificial intelligence : halting problem : diagonalisation argument : Cantor's Theorem : unsolvability

Star-crossed lovers

Tags: mathematics in films : Turing Machine : Turing test : artificial intelligence