When we want to sink a convoy, we send out an observation plane first... Of course, to observe is not its real duty, we already know exactly where the convoy is. Its real duty is to be observed...Then, when we… — Alan Turing Copy Share Image
Bell Labs Cafeteria, New York, 1943: His high pitched voice already stood out above the general murmur of well-behaved junior executives grooming themselves for… — Alan Turing Copy Share Image
A man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal machine. — Alan Turing Copy Share Image
We are not interested in the fact that the brain has the consistency of cold porridge. — Alan Turing Copy Share Image
Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no-one can imagine — Alan Turing Copy Share Image
No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is just a mediocre brain, something like the President of the American… — Alan Turing Copy Share Image
Instruction tables will have to be made up by mathematicians with computing experience and perhaps a certain puzzle-solving ability. There need be no real… — Alan Turing Copy Share Image
Sometimes it is those that nobody imagines anything of that does the things that nobody can imagne. — Alan Turing Copy Share Image
There is, however, one feature that I would like to suggest should be incorporated in the machines, and that is a 'random element.' Each… — Alan Turing Copy Share Image
It seems probable that once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers… They would be… — Alan Turing Copy Share Image
A very large part of space-time must be investigated, if reliable results are to be obtained. — Alan Turing Copy Share Image
