Turing Alan

Turing Alan was a British mathematician who helped crack the Enigma Code used by the German U-Boats during World War Two.  He Solved the Enigma Code in just a few weeks using his own invention, the Bombe Machine.  This machine used the “Heuristics” way of thinking. This was a form of artificial intelligence.

 

The Enigma Code Machine used by German Submarines

 

 

The Bonbe Machine

 

The Bombe machine was not 100% accurate, but close enough to be useful in cracking the German Code. Cracking the Enigma code was a major factor in Germany loosing World War II.

 

After the war Turing turned his focus on technologies of the future. He thought of computers as children. We can teach children why not teach computers to think and even communicate with us. Even today computers are thought of as either Turing compatible or Turing equivalent. He developed the Turing Test which has not yet been achieved. The test is a person talking via computer to another person which in reality is a computer. The real person can not figure out that they are talking to a computer, otherwise the test failed. This test is still being used today.