University of Leicester provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Just as calculators took over the tedious number-crunching in maths a few decades ago, artificial intelligence (AI) is ...

In 1936, the British mathematician Alan Turing came up with an idea for a universal computer. It was a simple device: an infinite strip of tape covered in zeros and ones, together with a machine that ...

In our previous deep dive into the groundbreaking world of PLATO, we pointed out the technological advances the system heralded in graphical displays, sound, and user interface; the trailblazing ...