Generally speaking, the layperson's understanding of computers is that Bill Gates made Windows and Office, Steve Jobs made the iPhone, and artificial intelligen

Generally speaking, the layperson's understanding of computers is that Bill Gates made Windows and Office, Steve Jobs made the iPhone, and artificial intelligence tries to pass the Turing Test. I'm not saying that's a good thing, though; but using these as paths to entry, there are a wealth of rewards for the curious who begin their learning through searching Wikipedia for this Turing guy.