Alan Turing
Computer science, codebreaking
Sayings by Alan Turing
The future of computing lies in the development of intelligent machines.
The question is not whether machines can think, but whether they can do something that we would call thinking.
The human mind is capable of doing many things that a machine cannot, but a machine can do many things that a human cannot.
I am not interested in whether a machine can think, but in whether it can make me think.
The computer is the most powerful tool ever invented by man.
The problem of creating intelligent machines is one of the most challenging and exciting problems in all of science.
The computer is a medium for thought.
The human mind is a parallel processor.
The digital computer is a universal machine, capable of simulating any other machine.
The problem of consciousness is a hard problem, and I don't know the answer.
The human mind is a self-organizing system.
The future of humanity depends on the development of artificial intelligence.
The machine is a metaphor for the human mind.
The human mind is an emergent property of the brain.
The computer is a tool for extending the human intellect.
The human mind is a complex adaptive system.
The computer is a new medium for human expression.
The human mind is a pattern-matching machine.
The computer is a universal simulator.
The human mind is a probabilistic machine.