The quotation underneath the picture reads: "This is only a foretaste of what is to come and only the shadow of what is going to be".
I hope Turing is referring to my possession of £50 notes and not to an eternity of servitude to AI masters.
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8:22am on Thursday, 22nd May, 2025:
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I finally managed to get my hands on a £50 note featuring Alan Turing. Although most graphics programs won't let you work with pictures of banknotes, MS Paint is so outdated that it does. This means you don't have to look at a picture of a table with a banknote occupying 15% of it.
The quotation underneath the picture reads: "This is only a foretaste of what is to come and only the shadow of what is going to be".
I hope Turing is referring to my possession of £50 notes and not to an eternity of servitude to AI masters.
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