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The mathematician is widely considered to be the father of computer science and artificial intelligence.
World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing has been revealed as the face of the new £50 banknote.
The mathematician, who is widely considered to be the father of computer science and artificial intelligence, was selected from a shortlist of 12 options.
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney made the announcement at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester.
Mr Carney also revealed imagery depicting Dr Turing and his work that will be used for the reverse of the note.
The banknote is expected to enter circulation by the end of 2021.
Mr Carney said: "Alan Turing was an outstanding mathematician whose work has had an enormous impact on how we live today.
"As the father of computer science and artificial intelligence, as well as war hero, Alan Turing's contributions were far-ranging and path-breaking.
"Turing is a giant on whose shoulders so many now stand."
The £50 note will include a quote from Dr Turing which reads: "This is only a foretaste of what is to come, and only the shadow of what is going to be."
World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing has been revealed as the face of the new £50 banknote.
The mathematician, who is widely considered to be the father of computer science and artificial intelligence, was selected from a shortlist of 12 options.
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney made the announcement at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester.
Mr Carney also revealed imagery depicting Dr Turing and his work that will be used for the reverse of the note.
The banknote is expected to enter circulation by the end of 2021.
Mr Carney said: "Alan Turing was an outstanding mathematician whose work has had an enormous impact on how we live today.
"As the father of computer science and artificial intelligence, as well as war hero, Alan Turing's contributions were far-ranging and path-breaking.
"Turing is a giant on whose shoulders so many now stand."
The £50 note will include a quote from Dr Turing which reads: "This is only a foretaste of what is to come, and only the shadow of what is going to be."
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all well & good but Carney the Canuck is having more extensions than Beyonce
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“Of course machines can't think as people do. A machine is different from a person. Hence, they think differently. The interesting question is, just because something, uh... thinks differently from you, does that mean it's not thinking?
Well, we allow for humans to have such divergences from one another. You like strawberries, I hate ice-skating, you cry at sad films, I am allergic to pollen. What is the point of... different tastes, different... preferences, if not, to say that our brains work differently, that we think differently? And if we can say that about one another, then why can't we say the same thing for brains... built of copper and wire, steel?” |
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Given the fact that £50 notes are rarely seen in the High Street, his face will remain as anonymous as during his lifetime.
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Apparently, they are very popular with tourists
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I've frigging hundreds of them under me bed... How long have i got to get rid?
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Preferred this. Think that would be a more popular choice
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 not with some of us akabula |
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You think computers think Carney..hmm
Well it makes decision depending on what is input, but this is decided by a computer Program Still it would be nice to think our Mobile Phones think when we are not using them, perhaps they ponder the meaning of life or who will win the 2:30 at Newmarket, and let their owners know? The problem is it is very difficult to define what thinking actually is, especially on this forum  |
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Maybe so UBLE but I bet you wouldn't refuse them if someone gave you handful.
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Until seeing that picture, I had never imagined wiping my bum on a £50 note
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Hope you lumped on to your favourite horse in training today
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Study please ban him from the golf competition.
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What horse was that Mac?
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SASH won @ 7/2
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I never enter the golf comps Mac.
Not into golf. So wouldn't have a clue. |
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Is that The Sash my Cardinal wore?
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You have nothing to lose by entering Aka. Just try your luck.
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Old geezer in the pub bought everybody a whisky when it won.
..... White Horse |
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Mac I wouldn't have any idea on any of the questions.
Good competition and both SF and the prize supplier deserve thanks. I'm sure at one time b/f supplied funds but seemingly no more. |
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I have asked, and am waiting for a response.
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Do they still make White Horse whisky aka?
.... 6 glass of that and one volunteers to collect the rent arrears in the Gorbals  |
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I don't know Mac. I was an Afore Ye Go man.
Hope the Gorbals have changed. Read The Razor King. Johnnie Stark getting a present of a new set of open razors for his birthday or something lives in the memory. |
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Maybe so UBLE but I bet you wouldn't refuse them if someone gave you handful.
You seem to know to know me akabula, even if someone had wiped their bum on them |