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From Ada Lovelace to Alan Turing, the birth of AI?

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Futuremakers
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Many developments in science are achieved through people being able to ‘stand on the shoulders of giants’ and in the history of AI two giants in particular stand out.
Ada Lovelace, who inspired visions of computer creativity, and Alan Turing, who conceived machines which could do anything a human could do. So where do their stories, along with those of calculating engines, punched card machines and cybernetics fit into where artificial intelligence is today? Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with Ursula Martin, Professor at the University of Edinburgh and a member of Oxford's Mathematical Institute, Andrew Hodges, Emeritus Fellow at Wadham College, who tutors for a wide range of courses in pure and applied mathematics, and Jacob Ward, a historian of science, technology, and modern Britain and a Postdoctoral Researcher in the History of Computing. 

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Futuremakers
People
Peter Millican
Ursula Martin
Andrew Hodges
Jacob Ward
Keywords
ai
algorithm
deep learning
machine learning
algorithms
Ada Lovelace
Alan Turing
calculating engines
cybernetics
history
science
Turing Test
Department: Oxford University Development Office
Date Added: 19/11/2018
Duration: 01:09:59

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