Alan Turing is often considered one of the fathers of computer science and artificial intelligence. He laid the foundations for modern computing with his work during the mid-20th century.
Turing proposed the idea of a universal machine that could simulate any other machine, which led to the development of the Turing machine concept. He is also known for the Turing Test, a method for determining whether a machine can exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human.
The Turing Test involves a human evaluator who engages in natural language conversations with an unseen interlocutor, which might be either a human or a machine. If the evaluator cannot reliably tell which one they are conversing with, then the machine is said to have passed the test.
Alan Turing’s contributions to the field have had a profound impact on the development of artificial intelligence, and his ideas continue to influence the field to this day.