*Well, that's quite interesting, although I've got a couple of problems with it. *First, why allege that "probabilistic and connectionist approaches" are any closer to human cognitive activity than ...

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 ...

Long ReadThe British mathematician, whose fate was both exceptional and tragic, is considered a founding figure for the idea of artificial intelligence. His story, long overlooked, continues to be ...

Benedict Cumberbatch, who portrays Turing in The Imitation Game, out Nov. 28 Alan Turing, the intellectual father of the modern computer, had a theory. He believed that one day machines would become ...