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28/03/1987

Micro Live sees a play about the father of modern computing, Alan Turing, and finds out about the latest research projects in California. (1987)

In the last, extended edition of the series, Micro Live visits the Haymarket Theatre where the world of Alan Turing, the father of modern computing, is portrayed by Derek Jacobi in the stageplay Breaking the Code. Turing's computers in the 1940s and 1950s were 'first-generation' machines; now computer scientists are working on the 'fifth generation'. In Scotland the institute named after Turing has a world reputation in artificial intelligence work, but its software products are hardly used in the UK.

In California, where seemingly limitless sums are thrown at research projects, 'Chinese temples', 'brainstorming' and robots for war veterans are the subjects of fifth generation work. Dr Ian Page of Oxford University puts such present and future work in perspective. (1987)

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大象传媒 Four Back to BASIC Collection

大象传媒 Four Back to BASIC Collection
A selection of programmes that helped people make the most of their computers.

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Role Contributor
Presenter Lesley Judd
Presenter Ian McNaught-Davis
Presenter Fred Harris
Participant Derek Jacobi
Participant Dr Ian Page
Director Terry Marsh
Producer Peter Bratt
Series Editor David Allen

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