The Imitation Game

Turing Machine

The first lesson that I learned in college was about the Turing Machine. This machine was a theoretical device, with no practical application, in my humble opinion, but in 1972 it was still considered to be leading edge computer science. A lot has changed since then and much that was once considered to be science fiction has become science fact. If Madison Avenue is to be believed; we are now on the cusp of another revolution in computers with the introduction of artificial intelligence or to say it in a trendier way, AI. It seems that every product on the shelves these days has been reworked to include AI. For some products the introduction of AI into their DNA becomes a headscratcher. Like what were they thinking? The truth is that they were not thinking, but have simply latched onto the buzzword of AI or its marketing potential.

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