This is only a foretaste of what is to come, and only the shadow of what is going to be.
Computer science, codebreaking
From an interview with The Times newspaper, talking about the potential of an early computing machine.
1949
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"One could say that a man can 'inject' an idea into the machine, and that it will respond to a certain extent and then drop into quiescence, like a piano string struck by a hammer. Another simile would…"
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Humorous"The whole problem can be reduced to the question: Can machines think?"
Shocking"We are not interested in the fact that the machine can do well, but in the fact that it can do badly."
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Shocking