Computers Quote by Neal Stephenson

The sense organs, which are limited in scope and ability, randomly gather information. This partial information is arranged into judgments, which are based on…

— Laozi

The idea behind digital computers may be explained by saying that these machines are intended to carry out any operations which could be done…

— Alan Turing

“movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.” Off to the side were dozens of keypunch machines—what passed in those days for computer terminals.”

— Malcolm Gladwell

Human memory works its own wheel, and stops where it will, entirely without reference to the last stop, and with no connection with the…

— William Saroyan

When you think about it, there's no way to input things into a computer. It's all... the holes only go out, right? Like you…

— Mark Zuckerberg

I'm fascinated by the idea that a human connection can be triggered through inanimate devices.

— Virgil Abloh

These machines have no common sense; they have not yet learned to "think," and they do exactly as they are told, no more and…

— Donald Knuth

We are beginning to see intimations of this in the implantation of computer devices into the human body.

— Ray Kurzweil

The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim.

— Anonymous

Because we do not understand the brain very well we are constantly tempted to use the latest technology as a model for trying to…

— John Searle

Asking if computers can think is like asking if submarines can swim.

— Anonymous

Your brain receives, stores, and processes information, dispenses results, and controls your biological equipment. When properly programmed, computers can do likewise, except that they…

— John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth