The Turing test has been popularised as the ultimate indicator of machine intelligence. But the truth is more complicated.

A mathematical model of computation. Named after English scientist Alan Turing, a Turing machine is a finite state machine that reads a tape divided into cells. The Turing machine examines the ...

For several years, [Jim] has wanted to construct a fully-mechanical universal Turing machine. Without the help of any electronic circuits or electrical input, his goal was to build the machine ...

It tries to answer the question, "Can machines think?" Turing believed it was possible and designed something that could be resembled as a kind of game. Here is the standard interpretation of the ...

Alan Turing, the hero of "The Imitation Game" - has been the standard way of assessing artificial intelligence. Machines are judged on how well they exhibit intelligent behaviour, usually in ...