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While the world changed around him, with little fanfare Alan Turing, just 24 years old, dreamt up a machine that could be taught to think. This idea was going to change the course of history. He was the first to understand that computers could learn and adapt to new stimuli, just as we humans can. Much like teaching a child to cross the road, Turing set about creating artificial intelligence in his machines. Today, self-parking cars, self-flying planes, even the Mars rover are all descendants of Turing's Machine.