Accomplishments Of Alan Turing

Alan Turing was a rather exceptional mathematician and scientist who played a crucial role in the development of both modern computing and artificial intelligence. While arguably his most famed achievement is the well known Turing Test he accomplished a bevy of feats in his time. From an early age Mr. Turing displayed an inquisitive mind which was further nurtured and developed as he went off to college where his unusual mind was already beginning to shine. Displaying a startling firm grasp of abstract mathematical concepts and practices he was already a promising individual. At only the age of twenty four Turing had written a paper which spoke of a so called “Universal Machine” capable of sophisticated encryption and decryption as well as …show more content…
With the assistance of other mathematicians Turing, in 1939, created a decoding machine which was able to decode German military messages at previously unheard of rate. While he created many things during wartime, such as a method of encrypting spoken word, his notable works relating to computing picked up one year after the end of the second World War. In the year of 1946 Turing created detailed schematics and plans for what is essentially the first “modern” computer. It was dubbed the “Automatic Computing Engine” and its physical prototype was made in 1950 which, unfortunately, was after Turing had left the company which oversaw the production of his design. After going to the University of Manchester Turing joined a group of engineers who had already constructed simple computer. After pondering upon the processes of human thought and the theoretical logical process of a computer Turing devised his most famous achievement which we know today as the Turing Test. The test itself measures and compares human output and the output of a machine. While that might sound woefully dreary it has been recognized as a grand accomplishment which paved the way for the development of artificial