people alan-turing 
Frontiers
JUNE 22, 2023
The pioneering works of several scientists such as Alan Turing, Lynn Conway, and Ben Barres have paved the way for a greater acceptance and inclusivity of LGBTQIA+ people in the scientific community. Academia is still rife with harassment and bullying for people who don’t relate to the lived experiences of the majority.
Physics World
MAY 4, 2021
From Black individuals being mislabelled as gorillas or a Google search for “Black girls” or “Latina girls” leading to adult content to medical devices working poorly for people with darker skin, it is evident that algorithms can be inherently discriminatory (see box below). Computers used to be people, not machines,” says Rankin.
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Physics World
MAY 8, 2021
In 1950 the British mathematician Alan Turing published a paper entitled “Computing machinery and intelligence” in the journal Mind ( 59 433 ). In his paper, Turing proposed an “Imitation Game” featuring a human, a machine and an interrogator. But, Turing wondered, could a machine ever pass itself off as a human?
Physics World
SEPTEMBER 6, 2021
According to computer scientist Katie Bouman , that is how many people were involved in creating the first ever image of a black hole, taken by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) in 2019. We’re very, very thankful for everything that other people have done.”. Twenty-three thousand. Courtesy: Lindy Blackburn).
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