The Strange Worlds Among Us—of Turing, Trans People, and the Road to Laniakea
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The episode explores Alan Turing's work and its implications for understanding intelligence and identity, particularly in relation to trans people.
In his paper, “Computing Machinery and Intelligence,” Alan Turing considers a simple question: “Can machines think?”1 However, Turing begins his actual answer not with machines, but with something called “The Imitation Game.” It is basically a texting game in which two players, a man and a woman, chat with a third “interrogator” of unspecified gender. […] The post The Strange Worlds Among Us—of Turing, Trans People, and the Road to Laniakea appeared first on Uncanny Magazine .
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