A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human.
ALAN TURINGA computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human.
ALAN TURINGMathematical reasoning may be regarded rather schematically as the exercise of a combination of two facilities, which we may call intuition and ingenuity.
ALAN TURINGWe may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields.
ALAN TURINGScience is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.
ALAN TURINGSometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.
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 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 TURINGMathematical reasoning may be regarded.
ALAN TURINGProgramming is a skill best acquired by practice and example rather than from books.
ALAN TURINGWe can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.
ALAN TURINGThe 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.
ALAN TURINGNo, I’m not interested in developing a powerful brain.
ALAN TURINGThe original question, ‘Can machines think?’ I believe to be too meaningless to deserve discussion.
ALAN TURINGOne 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 TURINGCodes are a puzzle. A game, just like any other game.
ALAN TURINGUnless in communicating with it one says exactly what one means, trouble is bound to result.
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