What is Artificial Intelligence? Part 2 – Towards Data Science

In this article, which is Part 2 of a series tracing the concept of artificial intelligence from its inception, we pick up the story with Alan Turing, who is considered by many to be the "father" of computer science. As we shall see, Alan Turing has a credible right to be called not only the father of computer science but one of the earliest pioneers in artificial intelligence (or machine intelligence, as he would have called it). For this reason, I devote considerable attention to his brief but remarkable career, including some biographical details. I repeat my disclaimer that I am not a professional historian. Instead, I hope this series of articles inspires others to further study this fascinating history, as well as providing insight into what "artificial intelligence" actually means.