Locator: 49453AIPROMPT.
AI prompt:
Alan Turing. Development of computers. Things don't happen in a vacuum (no pun intended). Things don't happen overnight. Specifically, 1937 was a pivotal year and not just with Turing. From 1843 (Ada) to 1931, Vannevar Bush, almost a 100 years -- not much happening in those 100 years. Then Tommy Flowers in 1935 -- valves / vacuum tubes. So you look back five to six years before that pivotal year. What was happening -- or better, perhaps -- what major geo-political-economic event happened five to six years early. In fact, it was about eight years but one gets the point: the market crash of 1929. I'm sure there are some observations / thoughts about those years ... 1929 to 1937 that brought us to that point. Thoughts?
Off the net for awhile. Going biking. Miserably windy but o/w an incredibly nice day. So, we'll see how it goes.