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by edent 1814 days ago
What relationship do you have with the estate of Alan Turing?
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tmoska 1813 days ago
We are not connected to the family of Alan Turing in any way. I'll refer you to our blog post [1], where we talk about why we take inspiration from Turing.

[1] https://blog.turingcollege.com/turing-college-and-the-man-be...

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edent 1813 days ago
What on earth was "controversial" about Turing?

Seems a bit weird to take inspiration from someone, use their name, but then malign them like that and refuse to engage with his estate.

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kaminskis 1813 days ago
We, as the founders, aren't questioning the integrity and legitimacy of Turing. The whole context about our position on Turing is in the full article. Turing was abandoned by his home country for over 50 years and was just lately recognized as a hero (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-25495315). So from the public perspective, his persona has some controversy (which is unfortunate as he should be recognized earlier).
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edent 1813 days ago
OK. It makes it sound like you think he is controversial. There was no controversy I am aware of regarding his pardon.

Will you be donating any of your profits to the Turing Trust? https://turingtrust.co.uk

It's a charity set up by Turing's family to honour his legacy and to provide computers to schools in sub-Saharan Africa.

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