Unless in communicating with it one says exactly what one means, trouble is bound to result.
ALAN TURING
ALAN TURING
Alan Turing on communication
Alan Turing28 quotes“Unless in communicating with it one says exactly what one means, trouble is bound to result.”
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Alan TuringAlan Turing These disturbing phenomena [Extra Sensory Perception] seem to deny all our scientific ideas. How we should like to discredit them! Unfortunately the statistical evidence, at least for telepathy, is overwhelming.
Alan TuringAlan Turing One day ladies will take their computers for walks in the park and tell each other, “My little computer said such a funny thing this morning”.
Alan TuringAlan Turing Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.
Alan TuringAlan Turing A very large part of space-time must be investigated, if reliable results are to be obtained.
Alan TuringAlan Turing We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.
Alan TuringAlan Turing A man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal machine.
Alan TuringAlan Turing The original question, ‘Can machines think?’ I believe to be too meaningless to deserve discussion.
Alan TuringAlan Turing No, I’m not interested in developing a powerful brain.
Alan TuringAlan Turing We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields.
Alan TuringAlan Turing Codes are a puzzle. A game, just like any other game.
Alan TuringAlan Turing No, I’m not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I’m after is just a mediocre brain, something like the President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Alan TuringAlan Turing Programming is a skill best acquired by practice and example rather than from books.
Alan TuringAlan Turing Mathematical reasoning may be regarded rather schematically as the exercise of a combination of two facilities, which we may call intuition and ingenuity.
Alan TuringAlan Turing If a machine is expected to be infallible, it cannot also be intelligent.
Alan TuringAlan Turing The idea behind digital computers may be explained by saying that these machines are intended to carry out any operations which could be done by a human computer.
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