[bell-cot]

Lots of talk about Alan Turing's "legacy" being at stake, "cornerstones", and such - when the story admits that the Institute is only 11 years old. And that the gov't cut & pasted Turing's name onto the front door, 60 years after his death.

And trying to read the article - the narcissistic Dilbert-speak never stops.

Theory: The ATI was founded purely as an exercise in pretentious political posturing. And even on Day 1, it was so badly infested with self-serving third-raters that there never was any chance of it succeeding.

[tonyarkles]

And uhhh... while us computer science types know him for vast contributions to our field... the biggest contribution that the UK Government likely cared about at the time was a massive contribution to (inter)national security and defence!

[coolhand2120]

Right? I had a picture of Turing on my wall long before this institute existed and it will hang there long after no matter what these fools do.