"In attempting to construct such (artificially intelligent) machines……" — Alan Turing
"In attempting to construct such (artificially intelligent) machines we should not be irreverently usurping His (God's) power of creating souls, any more than we are in the procreation of children,” Turing had advised. “Rather we are, in either case, instruments of His will providing mansions for the souls that He creates."
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Alan Turing
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32 Quotes by Alan Turing
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We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields. But which are the best…
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Up to a point, it is better to just let the snags [bugs] be there than to spend such time…
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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…
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I am not very impressed with theological arguments whatever they may be used to support. Such arguments have often been…
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It seems probable that once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble…
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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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The original question, 'Can machines think?' I believe to be too meaningless to deserve discussion.
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My little computer said such a funny thing this morning.
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Instruction tables will have to be made up by mathematicians with computing experience and perhaps a certain puzzle-solving ability. There…
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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 man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal machine.
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We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields.
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