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title: "3 Powerful Brain Quotes By Alan Turing"
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> [Bell Labs Cafeteria, New York, 1943: His high pitched voice already stood out above the general murmur of well-behaved junior executives grooming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-turing/bell-labs-cafeteria-new-york-1943-his-high-pitched-voice-already/)

[Alan Turing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-turing/)

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> [No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-turing/no-i-m-not-interested-in-developing-a-powerful-brain/)

[Alan Turing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-turing/)

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> [No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is just a mediocre brain, something like the President of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-turing/no-i-m-not-interested-in-developing-a-powerful-brain-all-i-m-after-is/)

[Alan Turing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-turing/)

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## More by Alan Turing

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-turing/bell-labs-cafeteria-new-york-1943-his-high-pitched-voice-already/)

[Alan Turing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-turing/)

> [A man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal machine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-turing/a-man-provided-with-paper-pencil-and-rubber-and-subject-to-strict/)

[Alan Turing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-turing/)

> [We are not interested in the fact that the brain has the consistency of cold porridge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-turing/we-are-not-interested-in-the-fact-that-the-brain-has-the-consistency/)

[Alan Turing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-turing/)

> [Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no-one can imagine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-turing/sometimes-it-is-the-people-no-one-imagines-anything-of-who-do-the/)

[Alan Turing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-turing/)

> [No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-turing/no-i-m-not-interested-in-developing-a-powerful-brain/)

[Alan Turing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-turing/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-turing/no-i-m-not-interested-in-developing-a-powerful-brain-all-i-m-after-is/)

[Alan Turing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-turing/)

> [Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-turing/machines-take-me-by-surprise-with-great-frequency/)

[Alan Turing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-turing/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-turing/instruction-tables-will-have-to-be-made-up-by-mathematicians-with/)

[Alan Turing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-turing/)

> [Sometimes it is those that nobody imagines anything of that does the things that nobody can imagne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-turing/sometimes-it-is-those-that-nobody-imagines-anything-of-that-does-the/)

[Alan Turing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-turing/)

> [There is, however, one feature that I would like to suggest should be incorporated in the machines, and that is a 'random element.' Each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-turing/there-is-however-one-feature-that-i-would-like-to-suggest-should-be/)

[Alan Turing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-turing/)

> [It seems probable that once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers… They would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-turing/it-seems-probable-that-once-the-machine-thinking-method-had-started/)

[Alan Turing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-turing/)

> [A very large part of space-time must be investigated, if reliable results are to be obtained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-turing/a-very-large-part-of-space-time-must-be-investigated-if-reliable/)

[Alan Turing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-turing/)

> [We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields. But which are the best ones to start with?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-turing/we-may-hope-that-machines-will-eventually-compete-with-men-in-all/)

[Alan Turing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-turing/)

> [I have such a stressful job that the only way I can get it out of my mind is by running hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-turing/i-have-such-a-stressful-job-that-the-only-way-i-can-get-it-out-of-my/)

[Alan Turing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-turing/)

> [The original question, 'Can machines think?' I believe to be too meaningless to deserve discussion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-turing/the-original-question-can-machines-think-i-believe-to-be-too/)

[Alan Turing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-turing/)

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