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Title: Code Cracker Turing to Be on 50-Quid Notes Post by: HCK on July 17, 2019, 04:05:18 pm Code Cracker Turing to Be on 50-Quid Notes
Alan Turing, the British mathematician known for his World War II code-breaking exploits and for a test to distinguish between human and machine intelligence, will be on 50-pound notes in the UK by the end of 2021. The Bank of England, which made the announcement, explained that Turing, who died in 1954, was chosen from a field of 989 eligible characters after a public nomination period. Source: Code Cracker Turing to Be on 50-Quid Notes (http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86127.html?rss=1) |