How to pronounce “alan” in English

So what happened was they gave the job to a mathematician.Alan Turing, shown here on the right, was given the job to lead a group to crack the Nazi code.And there's even a movie about it called "The Imitation Game" on the left.

It's my great pleasure to introduce today's guest, who also happens to be a former colleague, in fact my former boss.Alan Murray comes from a journalism background as a long-time reporter, columnist, and top editor of the "Wall Street Journal" for more than two decades.He was the president of the Pew Research Center and led the expansion of its digital footprint before joining Fortune, my former place of employ,

He's now the CEO of Fortune and oversees the business and editorial operations.Alan has not let his writing slip though.Currently, he writes a highly influential daily newsletter, Fortune CEO Daily, that often addresses issues of corporate governance.

So as you think of questions throughout the conversation, and we hope you will, please be sure to add them to the live chat on the right.Alan Murray, it's my great honor to welcome you to Talks at Google.Thank you. Thanks so much for having me.

about what I was going to do with my life.Alan, you talk to so many CEOs.

In fact, your book presents this development of AI and the dream of AGI in this very ancient contextAlan and Sophia both are asking, what is your opinion on cautiousness?

And I think it's loosely based on "The Rainmaker." But it was a big movie in the '90s, and they turned that into a Broadway show.Alan Menken, huge songwriter, turned that into a Broadway show.And we ran for two and a half weeks, as Alan rubs in-- as Alan just takes some salt and just rubs--

They did nothing about it.Alan Turing then went on to Cambridge, developed the the Manchester Baby, things like that.

And in fact, the history of computer science is rife with tragedy related to mental illness.Alan Turing, often credited as the grandfather of modern computer science, committed suicide.And then about seven years ago, there was a New York hacker called Aaron Swartz who we also lost in the same way.

Somebody says thanks and wishes me well.Alan. Yeah. Yeah, William Ivey Long, this was his 74th, 75th-- No idea.

This is a warning being given to us right now by a noted professor named Alan Robock.Alan has picked up the work previously done by Carl Sagan.Carl Sagan, in the '70s and '80s, very ingeniously teamed with a group of Russian scientists and did a lot of study about what

He was considered correct.Alan Robock, our current Cassandra, went to go look at Sagan's work using, obviously, much more advanced computers, much larger models.And he said, wait a second.

Larry Tesler, who is key at Ap-- I mean, it can just go on and on.Alan Kay was brought to Xerox PARC by Bob Taylor.So this incredibly important guy, no one knows what he did.

And now to introduce our star, Alan.Alan Cumming is, as many of you know, a wildly accomplished performer in film, in television, in theater--an author, as well-- whose work includes seven seasons as Eli Gold on "The Good Wife," for which he won an Emmy.

Doesn't that-- an interesting thing about the way Americans think about themselves.Alan is Scottish, playing an American.Daniel Ings, who plays Andy, Alan's husband, is British, playing an American.

CBS as a network and CBS Studios were 100% supportive from the pitch.Alan and I went in to pitch the show, and I don't we got one note until we finished the season about the character's sexuality or the depiction of Dylanand Andy and their life.

And then there were two others after me, before Obama.Alan Robock, R-O-B-O-C-K, and Brian Toon, T-O-O-N.

Johnny G sucks cock.Alan P takes it raw.There was something exciting, sleazy, and dangerous, not only about the messages, but about where I was.

I don't want to interrupt you by the way.Alan Kurdi, which I write about in the book, was the little boy, tragically 3 and 1/2 in trainers face down drowned on the beach.

Alan Burdick is a writer for "The New Yorker," "Out of Eden-- an Odyssey of Ecological Invasion" was his last book, which was a National Book Award finalist.And today he's going to talk about-- maybe one thing he should talk about is why people don't wear watches anymore.

Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve.

Alan Lightman, author of "The Accidental Universe" and "Einstein's Dreams," said the following, "Sean Caroll is a leading theoretical cosmologist

Alan Turing found a maternal figure who was basically looking for her lost son.

Alan didn't draw it.

Alan was much more interested in Christopher's mother.

Alan Turing had designed a bombe, which is this thing you can see on this slide, to find at least some candidates which

Alan Turing moved on to different role.

Alan Sillitoe once said quantity produces quality eventually.

Alan Mulally did that at Ford.

Alan sees his kid smile.

Alan and I were talking at lunch about people standing on street corners or in the elevator like this, clueless that people have to get out of that door.

Alan Ehrenhalt once said to me, you know, you've got a generation of people who grew up, who sat in the suburbs, watching "Seinfeld" and "Friends" and

Alan, you have a question?

Alan Turing was one of the great geniuses of the 20th century, and I'm not.

Alan gave the keynote address at the Audio Engineering Society in Los Angeles last month.

Alan and all the volunteers who've been involved have done a ton to address the inequities.

Alan Menken having done "Little Shop of Horrors," and and now he's represented on Broadway in "Newsies,"

Alan wanted to establish the cookie connoisseur club, just like a wine club.

Alan knew a lot about horses.

Alan: So thanks for coming.

Alan: So let's start with you.

Alan? Alan: That's quite a story.

Alan: Great. Thank you.

Alan: Sure, and I think there's, I actually had this conversation with Natasha a while back.

Alan: So let me go back to Natasha and I. And Jeannie, I think, also have it but to get to the point of what are the chances of somebody actually coming out, given life,

Alan: Please, go ahead.

Alan: Good. Nathan: I wanna say something' on the first young lady that spoke about the innocence factor.

Alan: So, I want to, go ahead.

Alan: So, one thing that I think has, uh, focused the issue more than any other thing