* invented the Turing Test for Artificial Intelligence, asking whether an AI could successfully pretend to be a person at the other end of a Teletype connection.
* invented the Turing Test for Artificial Intelligence, asking whether an AI could successfully pretend to be a person at the other end of a Teletype connection.
* made important contributions to other branches of mathematics, to design of actual computers, and to mathematical biology.
* made important contributions to other branches of mathematics, to design of actual computers, and to mathematical biology.
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2012 is '''Alan Turing Year''' - a centenary celebration of his life and work. [http://www.turingcentenary.eu/ www.turingcentenary.eu]