// PERSON
Alan Turing
ROLE FATHER OF COMPUTER SCIENCEMENTIONS 4LAST SEEN SEPTEMBER 5, 2026
// BIO
Father of computer science and artificial intelligence, creator of the Turing machine concept.
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// RECENT MENTIONS
// SIGNALS
4 SIGNALS
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mention·Lightcone·SEPTEMBER 5, 2026
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mention·The AI Corner·SEPTEMBER 3, 2026
“They thought it was inevitable back then. And they thought it was gonna happen like 15 years from there.”
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mention·The a16z Show·JULY 6, 2026
“"They were talking about how he had proven that if you built a machine that was what he called a Turing machine, that it was theoretically impossible to build a machine that was computationally more powerful... It just melted my mind when I heard it."”
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mention·Training Data·APRIL 30, 2026
“I think Alan Turing is one of my all-time favorite scientific heroes... I think it's one of the most profound results ever is the Turing machine result.”
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