Alan Turing and the Enigma

[minouette]

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[blythechild]

This was fascinating - what an amazing guy! And such drama: scientist, war hero, tragic figure, deep thinker... its like the stuff of movies.

BTW, the Wikipedia page on the Turing Test made me chuckle in several places, specifically the section on the limitations of the test (it does not measure intelligence/not all human interaction is intelligent/not all intelligence is human...). So diplomatic!

[minouette]

Definitely! In fact, they've made more than one (for instance Breaking the Code, Codebreaker, though Enigma was criticized for leaving Turing out). There is a planned biopic called 'The Imitation Game' (Turing's own name for what we now call the Turing Test) staring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Ah yes, "unintelligent human behaviour" is quite understated.

[blythechild]

I saw Enigma and was underwhelmed. With the sort of material that they were handed, they created a massively BORING movie.

Jesus... is there anything that people aren't trying to cast Leo in????

[minouette]

You know there was a Branksome old girl in that crew at Bletchley Park.

I do not think Leo needs to worry about employment opportunities.

[blythechild]

There was an old girl there? Of course there was... duty, danger, science, wet wool... its amazing that we didn't deliver a whole grade level to them.

Leo doesn't have to worry about employment. Being a smarmy bastard on the other hand...

[minouette]

"duty, danger, science, wet wool..." LMAO!

I think I smell a new avatar.