EP 67: Alan Turing
Hashtag History11 Mai 2021

EP 67: Alan Turing

This week on Hashtag History, we are discussing Alan Turing. Turing was an English Mathematician responsible for the early development of algorithms, computer science, and artificial intelligence. He was also responsible for assisting in cracking coded messages during World War II which quite literally resulted in the Allies winning the war. Jack Copeland - professor and author - has said that, because of Turing’s work, the war was shortened by more than two years resulting in millions of lives being saved.

Turing would end up dying at the very young age of 41 as a criminal because he was homosexual. The father of the modern-day computer would end up being subjected to chemical castration and would die a very untimely, very unfortunate, and in some ways, suspicious, death.

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