Alan Turing and the Programmable Universe (lite version)

piero scaruffi
piero scaruffiAuthor, blogger and cultural historian at www.scaruffi.com
1912 –1954
Alan Turing  and the Programmable Universe ,[object Object],[object Object]
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Cultural Context ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Cultural Context ,[object Object],EINSTEIN RUSSELL DADA JAZZ KAFKA
Cultural Context/ Sciences ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
You are a formula Everything is relative You are and you are not You are just a reflex You are a probability Everything is uncertain Everything is moving away from you
Cultural Context/ Arts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The emancipation of the dissonance  History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
Cultural Context/Sciences ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Cultural Context/Sciences ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
There will always be something you cannot prove Your mind creates reality Truth is an opinion Life and machines obey the same laws of nature Mind is a symbol processor Everything is information Everything comes from just one point
Cultural Context/Sciences ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Cultural Context/Arts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Cultural Context/Arts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Cultural Context/Politics ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Alan Turing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Alan Turing (BTW, the halting problem is undecidable, i.e. Hilbert’s Entscheidungsproblem is impossible)
Alan Turing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Alan Turing ,[object Object],[object Object]
Alan Turing ,[object Object],[object Object]
To learn more… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Turing Century ,[object Object]
The Turing Test (1947-50) ,[object Object],[object Object]
The Turing Test ,[object Object],[object Object],John McCarthy  (1927 –2011)
The fundamental critique ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Fast Forward to 2011
What would Turing say today? ,[object Object],NOT IN SCALE!
What would Turing say today? What took you guys so long???
What would Turing say today? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What would Turing say today? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What would Turing say today? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What would Turing say today? And I’m supposed to be impressed?
The Turing Point ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],HOMO  MACHINE IQ HOMO  MACHINE IQ 1. 2.
What can machines do now that they could not do 50 years ago? ,[object Object]
What can humans do now that they could not do 50 years ago? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Post-Turing Thesis ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],HOMO  MACHINE IQ
What would Turing say today? ,[object Object],[object Object]
Turning People into Machines ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Turning People into Machines ,[object Object]
Turning People into Machines ,[object Object]
What would Turing say today? ,[object Object]
The End (for now) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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