Alan Turing in 1951. Credit: Godrey Argent Studio, via The Royal Society

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   Sheril Kirshenbaum (sheril@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Dec-2022 13:58:33 JST Sheril Kirshenbaum

   Alan Turing was a mathematician & cryptographer who was a leading code-breaker in the team that decrypted Nazi Germany’s Enigma machine during WWII. He inspired modern computing & what became artificial intelligence.

   Instead of being hailed as a genius & hero, Turing was convicted as a homosexual & forced to endure chemical castration. He died by suicide at 41 in 1954.

   The British government didn’t apologize until 2009 & Queen Elizabeth II finally pardoned him in 2013. #history #science