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We are not interested in the fact that the brain has the consistency of cold porridge.

Alan Turing

We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.
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Distance Need Travel Work
A man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal machine.
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Discipline Education Men
A very large part of space-time must be investigated, if reliable results are to be obtained.
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Result Space Time
Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.
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Greatness Myself Science Technology
Programming is a skill best acquired by practice and example rather than from books.
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Book Practice Skill Technology
Do 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.
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Act Feeling Goodness People Satisfaction Violence
I’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.
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Future Lie Myself Scare Yourself
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.
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Evidence Ideas Science
I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicted.
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Believe Education End Expectation Oneself Thinking Word
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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Carry Explanation Human Ideas Technology
Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.
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Believe Imagination Inspirational Motivational People
My little computer said such a funny thing this morning.
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Funny Morning Technology
Mathematical reasoning may be regarded.
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Mathematics Reason
No, I’m not interested in developing a powerful brain.
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Development Myself Powerful
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”.
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Funny Future Morning Technology Walk Woman
We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields.
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Competition Hope Intellectual Men Technology

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