Alan Turing, often called the ‘father of artificial intelligence (AI),’ is resurrected as an AI chatbot.
The BBC reported on the thirty first (local time) that the Bletchley Park Museum in England will likely be introducing an AI Turing interactive display that answers visitors’ questions.
In accordance with this, Bletchley Park is currently making a life-size AI avatar of Turing, which will likely be displayed on a big kiosk-style display. Visitors will give you the chance to ask AI Turing questions on his life and achievements, and the AI character will provide customized answers depending on whether the query is asked by a person, a gaggle, an adult, or a toddler.
Turing was a genius mathematician and scientist who can also be well-known for the movie ‘The Imitation Game’ starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
The concept of AI was first proposed within the paper ‘Computing Machinery and Intelligence’ published in 1950, and the AI intelligence experiment that appeared on this paper continues to be used under the name of the ‘Turing Test’.
Specifically, during World War II, he participated within the British government and made a decisive contribution to turning the tide of the war by deciphering the German encryption system, ‘Enigma’, and was awarded the Order of the British Empire. He can also be re-evaluated as having laid the muse for computer engineering, and the ‘Turing Award’ named after him has grow to be the best honor in computer science.
Nevertheless, in his later years, he was accused of being a sexual minority and is understood to have ended his life on the age of 42.
Bletchley Park, where his memorial is erected, was the situation of the code-breaking unit during World War II. For this reason symbolism, the primary ‘AI Summit’ held within the UK in November last 12 months was held here.
Rebecca Foy, Bletchley Park’s head of public engagement, said: “As we open our recent exhibition on AI, we hope to introduce visitors to the war story in a brand new and exciting way, and highlight the role that codebreakers like Alan Turing played within the emergence of machine learning.”
Sir Dermot Turing, Turing’s nephew and a trustee of the Bletchley Park Trust, said: “I do know that many individuals come to Bletchley Park to get just a little closer to Alan Turing and this event will likely be a fun method to provide that chance.”
Bletchley Park said it was working with British AI company 1956 Individual to create the display. The chatbot can support multiple languages and is anticipated to take several months to finish.
The museum said the technology was a “world first.”
Nevertheless, this just isn’t the primary time that an actual person has been implemented and exhibited as an AI chatbot. In France, a Van Gogh chatbot was installed in a museum last 12 months, and in the US, a phone with an AI-synthesized voice of Salvador Dali was also installed.
One other American startup also released Marilyn Monroe’s avatar ‘Digital Monroe’ based on ‘GPT-3.5’ in March.
Reporter Im Dae-jun ydj@aitimes.com
