On campus 75 years ago this month, Alan Turing established the Turing Test in Computing Machinery and Intelligence, widely regarded as the first ever paper on AI. Since then, we’ve been driving the evolution of modern computing. Now, we’re writing the next chapter.
At the intersection of disciplines, we’re designing AI that tackles global challenges and transforms industries, enhances public services and ultimately improves lives. Our research spans the full spectrum – from fundamental breakthroughs to real-world application. With 1,600 researchers, we are a community that represents a new generation of changemakers.
We believe in hybrid intelligence: AI that enhances human intelligence, rather than replaces it. We are committed to ensuring it is used responsibly, ethically and effectively – and we have the courage to confront AI’s toughest implications, with the vision to provide the answers.
Discover how it started and how its going through some of the links below…
- Retrace Turing’s steps: take the innovation walking tour and visit Turing’s office on Coupland Street
- Discover how we’re shaping the future of AI: Explore our dedicated website for the latest breakthroughs, stories and resources.
- See Turing’s mechanical typewriter up close: Visit the Kilburn building’s first floor museum for a rare glimpse of the tools behind the mind, sitting alongside an Atlas control console and a Williams-Kilburn tube from the Ferranti Mark I computer .
- Visit the Turing Collection at John Rylands: Delve into papers, letters and artefacts revealing his cross-disciplinary thinking — and even his personal views (available on request)
- Celebrate our trailblazing history of firsts: From the world’s first computer game to a credit in The Mandalorian, discover milestones that put Manchester on the map.