# M1DN english

## First course

### The Turing test.

This website has an extensive archive on Alan Turing's work.

https://turingarchive.kings.cam.ac.uk/

Quick read of the introduction of this paper by Alan Turing test (imitation game).

https://turingarchive.kings.cam.ac.uk/publications-lectures-and-talks-amtb/amt-b-9

Then we read this shorter vulgarised version of an intervention on the BBC.

https://turingarchive.kings.cam.ac.uk/publications-lectures-and-talks-amtb/amt-b-5


### A scientific (mild) controversy

Dikstra and the Goto instruction "considered harmful"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Considered_harmful

https://homepages.cwi.nl/~storm/teaching/reader/Dijkstra68.pdf


## Second course



## some notable links


https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/05/the-vehicle-suddenly-accelerated-with-our-baby-in-it-the-terrifying-truth-about-why-teslas-cars-keep-crashing

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/21/alan-turing-papers-saved-from-shredder-could-fetch-150000

Une mine d'or ici:

https://turingarchive.kings.cam.ac.uk/

dont le papier sur le test de Turing

https://turingarchive.kings.cam.ac.uk/publications-lectures-and-talks-amtb/amt-b-9

## Games.

https://turingarchive.kings.cam.ac.uk/publications-lectures-and-talks-amtb/amt-b-7

Cet article sur Deepblue
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/feb/12/deep-blue-computer-beats-kasparov-chess-1996

Cet article sur alphago
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/15/alphago-what-does-google-advanced-software-go-next