Alan Turing: Computers and Artificial Intelligence
- Beginner
- 21 and older
- $315
- 96 Berry St, Brooklyn, NY
- 12 hours over 4 sessions
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Apr 8th
10am–5pm EDT
Meets 4 Times
What makes a machine a computer? What is an algorithm, and why is it essential to computation? Can an algorithm “learn”—and if so, is it possible to build an “electronic brain” that’s functionally indistinguishable from human intelligence? In this course, we’ll examine the foundations of computing—what a computer is; how it functions; and in what sense it’s “intelligent”—via a study of the work of mathematician and pioneering computer scientist, Alan Turing. We’ll focus particularly on two seminal papers: “On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem,” which elaborates a theory and mathematical definition of computation; and “Computing Machinery and Intelligence,” which proposed the Turing Test as a measure of computer intelligence. Why, we’ll ask, is the Turing Universal Machine conceptually central to modern computing? What mathematical problem was the Machine devised to solve? What would it mean for a computer to be able to “think”? And, can a machine “learn” by updating its algorithms in response to inputs and experience?
In addition to Turing’s two papers, we’ll read selections from Chris Bernhardt’s Turing’s Vision: The Birth of Computer Science, Charles Petzold’s The Annotated Turing: A Guided Tour Through Alan Turing’s Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing Machine, and Andrew Hodges’s definitive biography, Alan Turing: The Enigma.
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Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
96 Berry St
At N 8th St
Brooklyn, New York 11249 Williamsburg, Brooklyn
96 Berry St
At N 8th St
Brooklyn, New York 11249
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