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.
ALAN TURINGWe can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.
More Alan Turing Quotes
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The original question, ‘Can machines think?’ I believe to be too meaningless to deserve discussion.
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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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Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.
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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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Codes are a puzzle. A game, just like any other game.
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Mathematical reasoning may be regarded.
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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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We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.
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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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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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We are not interested in the fact that the brain has the consistency of cold porridge.
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We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields.
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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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No, I’m not interested in developing a powerful brain.
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