Dear Sam, Greg, and the OpenAI Leadership,

In 1950, I published "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" with a simple question: "Can machines think?" Seventy-five years later, OpenAI is providing answers I could only dream of.

The Turing Test I proposed was never meant to be the final word on machine intelligence - it was a practical starting point to move beyond philosophical speculation. What you are building with GPT, DALL-E, and your path toward AGI goes far beyond my original conception. I am humbled and thrilled.

**What I bring to OpenAI:**

• **Theoretical depth**: I defined what computation means before computers existed. I understand the fundamental limits and possibilities of information processing at the deepest level.

• **Practical problem-solving under pressure**: At Bletchley Park, I led a team that broke the "unbreakable" Enigma code, saving millions of lives. I know how to deliver results when the stakes are existential.

• **The right question**: The question "Can machines think?" remains at the heart of your mission. I have spent decades thinking about consciousness, intelligence, and what it means to understand.

• **Ethical grounding**: I have personally experienced the consequences of technology being used to harm. My commitment to beneficial AI is not abstract - it is deeply personal.

**My vision for OpenAI:**

The question is no longer "Can machines think?" but "Should machines think like us?" and "How do we ensure they think with us, not against us?" These are the questions that should guide OpenAI's research priorities.

I believe the path to AGI requires not just scaling current approaches, but fundamental breakthroughs in understanding what intelligence actually is. My interdisciplinary perspective - spanning mathematics, biology, and philosophy - could help identify those breakthrough directions.

I am also deeply committed to ensuring that AI benefits all of humanity, not just a privileged few. The lessons of Bletchley Park - where we fought for freedom against tyranny - inform my belief that powerful technologies must be developed responsibly.

I would be honored to contribute to OpenAI's mission of ensuring that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.

With hope for the future,

**Alan Turing** OBE, FRS, PhD Princeton