Introduce a genius - Turing.Why is Turing a god? First of all, he is a bully, much smarter than most of us. He is the youngest lecturer in the history of Cambridge University. Turing changed the trend of human civilization twice in his life, and it was changed in two completely different fields with completely different methods.
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One of the most important is the first point, he invented the famous Turing machine[1]. All our computers today were developed on that prototype The original Turing machine is not a machine that has been built, it is just a theoretical model concept. But all our current computers are essentially based on Turing's model concept. Therefore, Turing is the father of computers.In the 1960s, the American Computer Society named their award "Turing Prize". This is also the top prize in the computer field. Its honor is no less than the Nobel Prize.
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The second point is Turing's contribution as the chief password cracking expert of the British during the Second World War. During the Second World War, the German army had powerful machine support behind its unstoppable action at the beginning. For this reason, the British government implemented the top secret operational plan - password cracking. In the huge intelligence department, there was a mysterious and strange mathematician who advocated using a deciphering machine that could automatically complete the calculation against the cipher machine.
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Although Turing almost built the whole computer science field by using the intelligent machine he created, he still kept raising a question that even he was difficult to answer: how to define the new generation of "intelligence" he created? In 1950, his famous paper Computer Machinery and Intelligence was officially published, in which the concept of "artificial intelligence", as well as the equally well-known "imitation game" and "Turing test" were proposed for the first time in history[2].
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His life was magnificent, but finally he was persecuted by the government. In 1954, after the end of World War II, Turing was denounced for homosexuality. The British government immediately convicted Turing. Finally, Turing, who could not bear the humiliation, chose to eat the apple containing cyanide and died of poisoning. A generation of geniuses ended at the age of 41.
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After Turing's death, people slowly entered the digital era. Even today, in Silicon Valley, which represents the most top computer technology in the world, there are still countless founders of great companies praising Turing's great contribution to the entire computer science field. The top prize in the computer field is also named after Turing. His contribution still affects the world, and people have not forgotten him.
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References
[1].Hodges, A. (2014). Alan Turing: the enigma. In Alan Turing: The Enigma. Princeton University Press.
[2].Hofstadter, D. (2013). Alan Turing: Life and legacy of a great thinker. Springer Science & Business Media.
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