Turing – Kester Brewin

‘Either God exists, or one must accept mystery.’ | Incompleteness and Limits of Truth

Jan 10, 2013

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in Philosophy, Science, Technology, Theology

Some complex ideas in this post, but I think rich rewards if you’re willing to persevere… Catching up on some old episodes of Radiolab (a brilliant podcast, if you’re not already on it) I came across the above section in the programme about loops. In it, the presenters discuss the idea of statements that…

The Turing Test Corollary: Can You Prove You Are Human?

Jun 20, 2011

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in Blogs | Social Networks | New Media, Technology

Interesting video from the RSA called ‘A Defense of Humanity in the Age of the Computer’. Though the camerawork does look rather like a throwback to the 70s, it has some good angles on the Turing Test. Put simply, you have a keyboard and a display. Questions come up, and you answer them, and…

Alan Turing: Can Machines Think? | Third Way

Feb 22, 2010

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in Apple, Emerging Church, Philosophy, Technology

I’ve a short piece on Alan Turing in this month’s Third Way. If you don’t already subscribe, you should. One of the key strands of Turing’s thinking was on whether a machine could think like a human. After World War 1, where men had been treated like disposable fighting machines, and World War 2, where…

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‘Either God exists, or one must accept mystery.’ | Incompleteness and Limits of Truth

The Turing Test Corollary: Can You Prove You Are Human?

Alan Turing: Can Machines Think? | Third Way