Programming is a skill best acquired by practice and example rather than from books.
ALAN TURINGProgramming is a skill best acquired by practice and example rather than from books.
ALAN TURINGWe may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields.
ALAN TURINGIf a machine is expected to be infallible, it cannot also be intelligent.
ALAN TURINGI’m afraid that the following syllogism may be used by some in the future. Turing believes machines think Turing lies with men Therefore machines do not think Yours in distress, Alan.
ALAN TURINGMachines take me by surprise with great frequency.
ALAN TURINGWe can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.
ALAN TURINGThe original question, ‘Can machines think?’ I believe to be too meaningless to deserve discussion.
ALAN TURINGMathematical reasoning may be regarded.
ALAN TURINGNo, 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 TURINGThe Exclusion Principle is laid down purely for the benefit of the electrons themselves, who might be corrupted (and become dragons or demons) if allowed to associate too freely.
ALAN TURINGDo you know why people like violence? It is because it feels good. Humans find violence deeply satisfying. But remove the satisfaction, and the act becomes hollow.
ALAN TURINGScience is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.
ALAN TURINGNo, I’m not interested in developing a powerful brain.
ALAN TURINGThese 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 TURINGA computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human.
ALAN TURINGMy little computer said such a funny thing this morning.
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