We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.
ALAN TURINGA man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal machine.
More Alan Turing Quotes
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Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.
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We are not interested in the fact that the brain has the consistency of cold porridge.
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The original question, ‘Can machines think?’ I believe to be too meaningless to deserve discussion.
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Instead of trying to produce a programme to simulate the adult mind, why not rather try to produce one which simulates the child’s? If this were then subjected to an appropriate course of education one would obtain the adult brain.
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A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human.
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Codes are a puzzle. A game, just like any other game.
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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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Up to a point, it is better to just let the snags [bugs] be there than to spend such time in design that there are none.
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Mathematical reasoning may be regarded rather schematically as the exercise of a combination of two facilities, which we may call intuition and ingenuity.
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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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My little computer said such a funny thing this morning.
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No, I’m not interested in developing a powerful brain.
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Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.
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The 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.
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A man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal machine.
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