That's an interesting thread. Thanks for sharing.
Not sure if asking about his take on AI will lead anywhere though as that's not really his thing. But I'll explore the area when we talk about Turing (his other book is the Annotated Turing) a bit to see if there's something on the other side that I didn't know about.
Also, for anyone needing more context on a book called "Code", MS Press has two free chapters, and the TOC, available: https://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/9780137909100/samplep...