Alan Turing:

If the man were to try and pretend to be the machine he would clearly make a very poor showing. He would be given away at once by slowness and inaccuracy in arithmetic.

— Alan Turing Modern

Computer science, codebreaking

Context

Discussing the "imitation game" (Turing Test).

Date / Period

c. 1950

Source

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Verification

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Explanation

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Method

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Sources Checked

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