Computers were invented not as a primary goal but as a byproduct of Alan Turing's attempt to solve the Entscheidungsproblem (the decision problem) in the 1930s—one of the great ironies of mathematical history.

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Michael Waldridge

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with incredible precociousness I think churing set himself the task of attacking the idun's problem and solved it very very quickly but to solve it he invented a kind of mathematical machine

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Don’t Believe AI Hype, This is Where it’s Actually Headed | Oxford’s Michael Wooldridge | AI HistoryJohnathan Bi
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:08:35 AM

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