Alan Perlis: Pioneer Who Taught Machines to Think | Turing Award 1966

Before Siri, Python, and AI—there was Alan Perlis.

The first-ever Turing Award recipient, Alan Perlis, was more than a programmer. He was a philosopher of logic, a designer of languages, and a pioneer who helped shape the soul of modern computing.

The Turing Award is often referred to as the Nobel Prize of computing.


From coding FORTRAN and ALGOL to inspiring generations at Yale and MIT, Perlis helped computers learn how to “think”—and programmers how to think creatively.

🎬 Chapters
00:00 Start
0:16 Intro
0:57 Early life & Family
1:36 Rise of a Visionary
2:37 Historic Achievements
4:14 Outro

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