The Turing Machine

For a while now, an idea has been gaining traction: with artificial intelligence, anyone can build an app without knowing how to code.

“The limits of my language are the limits of my world.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein We often hear that generative AI is non-deterministic because it responds differently each time to the same prompt.

If it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, then it must understand like a duck.

Imagine yourself in Crotone, around 530 BCE.

A phrase that resonates more and more frequently in public debate is: "Artificial intelligence will atrophy our minds, render critical thinking obsolete, and transform us into passive consumers of prepackaged content."

I originally wanted to title this article “Computer Science Is Philosophy,” but I realized that was too much of a stretch, so instead of merging the two disciplines, I juxtaposed them.

It is amazing how today's Artificial Intelligence systems are able to do things we could not even imagine a few years ago: they answer our questions in our own language, they translate from one language to another much better than in the past, they recogn…

A famous quote by Phil Karlton reads, "There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things."

If you're a software developer or IT technician, chances are you've had a friend, acquaintance, or relative ask for your advice on their next computer's features.

Several years ago, when I enrolled in the graduate program in Computer Science in Pisa, I found a curious ad on the university bulletin board.