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Machine Quotes by 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? Many…
- It seems probable that once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers… They would be able…
- 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 danger…
- A man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal machine.
- There is, however, one feature that I would like to suggest should be incorporated in the machines, and that is a 'random element.' Each machine…
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