We are not interested in the fact that the brain has the consistency of cold porridge.
ALAN TURINGInstead 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.
More Alan Turing Quotes
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Unless in communicating with it one says exactly what one means, trouble is bound to result.
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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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A man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal machine.
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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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Mathematical reasoning may be regarded.
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The original question, ‘Can machines think?’ I believe to be too meaningless to deserve discussion.
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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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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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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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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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Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.
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Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.
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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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A very large part of space-time must be investigated, if reliable results are to be obtained.
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