Radiolab - The Turing Problem

100 years ago this year, the man who first conceived of the computer age was born. His name was Alan Turing. He was also a math genius, a hero of World War II and he is widely considered to be the father of artificial intelligence. But the world wasn't kind to Alan Turing. In 1952, he was arrested and convicted under a British law that prohibited "acts of gross indecency between men, in public or private."

Duration: 23m
Broadcast on: 19 Mar 2012
Audio Format: other

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Krist Markham died while he was still in school of Bavarian tuberculosis. And had kept his illness a secret just one day. It was just this announcement. He was dead. So I think it came as a complete shock to Alan. His memory really lingered, and I think that-- How do we know that a kid had a boy crush in school?

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