Published in October 1950, Alan Turing’s seminal paper ‘Computing Machinery and Intelligence’ proposed a test to determine whether machines could think and speculated whether they might eventually compete with humans in all intellectual fields. But it is a very strange piece of writing indeed, one that has long intrigued and puzzled readers in equal measure. Bruno Latour described it as ‘the most bizarre, kitschy, baroque text ever submitted to a scholarly journal’.  On Thursday 2^nd October, Professor Sarah Dillon will take part in a public event hosted by the Royal Society – Celebrating the 75^th Anniversary of the Turing Test – to discuss what Turing actually meant with the paper, the enduring impact of the idea of the Turing Test, and what the future possibilities of an AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) might be. Her contribution to the event will draw on the research for her new book on Turing’s non-scientific writing and his literary influences and networks: Turing’s Literature: An Alternative History of Influence. Interested parties can attend the event in person or online by registering here.