Imitation Game
Richa Alvares
Mr. Sansano
May 15 2015
CHC-2DE
Alan Turing, Machines and Christopher
In the film, the Imitation Game, some topics discussed are Christopher, the ability for machines to think and the dangers and wonders of technology. Alan Turing created an incredible machine named Christopher. When Alan was in school, his best friends name was Christopher. Alan was often bullied for being different. He was a genius but none of the other boys accepted that except for Christopher. Christopher appreciated him even though he was different. Christopher saved him from the bullies multiple times and made Alan happy. Christopher was the one that introduced him to cryptography and got Alan hooked with cryptography and puzzles even more. Since Alan is gay, all of these contributed to Alan falling in love with Christopher. Christopher was his one true love. Unfortunately for Alan, Christopher had bovine tuberculosis and didn’t tell Alan. So when Alan lost Christopher, he was devastated. When Alan started working at Bletchley Park and came up with a machine that might help crack every single machine coming from the Enigma, he named the machine Christopher. His machine reminded him of his best friend. He had lost his friend suddenly and did not get to say goodbye. Naming the machine Christopher made Alan feel like he got his friend back, so he was attached to it. “Can machines think?” is one of the big questions that are asked in this film. Alan says, “Of course machines can’t think, as people do. A machine is different from a person. They think differently.” Most people would say that machines cannot think. Some people would say that machines think differently. Often thinking differently is seen as a bad thing but thinking differently does not mean that something or someone is not thinking. Human brains think differently as well because some people like ice cream, while others do not; some are allergic to pollen, while other are not. Turing’s paper “The Imitation Game”
Mr. Sansano
May 15 2015
CHC-2DE
Alan Turing, Machines and Christopher
In the film, the Imitation Game, some topics discussed are Christopher, the ability for machines to think and the dangers and wonders of technology. Alan Turing created an incredible machine named Christopher. When Alan was in school, his best friends name was Christopher. Alan was often bullied for being different. He was a genius but none of the other boys accepted that except for Christopher. Christopher appreciated him even though he was different. Christopher saved him from the bullies multiple times and made Alan happy. Christopher was the one that introduced him to cryptography and got Alan hooked with cryptography and puzzles even more. Since Alan is gay, all of these contributed to Alan falling in love with Christopher. Christopher was his one true love. Unfortunately for Alan, Christopher had bovine tuberculosis and didn’t tell Alan. So when Alan lost Christopher, he was devastated. When Alan started working at Bletchley Park and came up with a machine that might help crack every single machine coming from the Enigma, he named the machine Christopher. His machine reminded him of his best friend. He had lost his friend suddenly and did not get to say goodbye. Naming the machine Christopher made Alan feel like he got his friend back, so he was attached to it. “Can machines think?” is one of the big questions that are asked in this film. Alan says, “Of course machines can’t think, as people do. A machine is different from a person. They think differently.” Most people would say that machines cannot think. Some people would say that machines think differently. Often thinking differently is seen as a bad thing but thinking differently does not mean that something or someone is not thinking. Human brains think differently as well because some people like ice cream, while others do not; some are allergic to pollen, while other are not. Turing’s paper “The Imitation Game”