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Re:Alan Turing's biggest fan remains the real enigma by stevula on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @02:33AM (#27601448)
I remember reading about the Turing test at least as far back as 2005 long before I developed any interest in computer science.
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Re:Alan Turing's biggest fan remains the real enigma by me_me_me on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @06:05AM (#27602719)
> relatively obscure

I think they meant to the wider public.

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Re:Alan Turing's biggest fan remains the real enigma by kadoban on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @09:23AM (#27604254)
Even then it sounds bizarre, was the public really alerted to his existence as a result of the release of a few obscure documents?
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Re:Alan Turing's biggest fan remains the real enigma by me_me_me on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @12:35PM (#27606452)
I thinks so, it was a story of a national hero who was hunted by his government for being different. The great injustice is type of a story that spreads really well (and sells). Movies came out, so I think people had higher chance to learn about him.
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Re:Alan Turing's biggest fan remains the real enigma by kadoban on Thursday June 24, 2021 @11:59AM (#27619496)
Wasn't all of that already known though, or is my sense of time quite badly distorted?

The movie certainly helped, I would put that as the biggest reason the general public heard of him more.

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