Turing

American  

[toor-ing] / ˈtʊər ɪŋ /

noun

1. Alan Mathison 1912–54, English mathematician, logician, and pioneer in computer theory.

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Turing British  

/ ˈtjʊərɪŋ /

noun

1. Alan Mathison . 1912–54, English mathematician, who was responsible for formal description of abstract automata, and speculation on computer imitation of humans: a leader of the Allied codebreakers at Bletchley Park during World War II

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Turing Scientific  

/ tr′ĭng /

1. British mathematician who in 1937 formulated a precise mathematical concept for a theoretical computing machine, a key step in the development of the first computer. After the war he designed computers for the British government and helped in developing the concept of artificial intelligence.

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Bengio is a University of Montreal professor who won the 2018 Turing Award, computing's Nobel, alongside Geoffrey Hinton, widely known as the "godfather of AI."

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Also worth noting is Yann LeCun, who shared the Turing Award with Hinton and Bengio and has spent years dismissing their warnings of existential danger as overblown.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Such worries date back decades, with Alan Turing writing in the 1950s that should intelligent machines become possible, they could take control.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Enter the captcha, which stands for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

TimeStar plucked the Turing letter from his hand, passed it to Old Petey, then guided Donny away.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles