The question of whether machines can think is a philosophical one, not a scientific one.
Computer science, codebreaking
Attributed, general implication from his writings, but exact quote is elusive.
Approx. 1950
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"The original question, 'Can machines think?' I believe to be too meaningless to deserve discussion."
Strange & Unusual"A machine does not have to be conscious to be intelligent."
Shocking"I am not concerned with whether a machine has feelings, but whether it can perform tasks that require intelligence."
Shocking"The main problem with artificial intelligence is that it is too easy to make a machine that can do what we want it to do, but too hard to make a machine that can do what we don't want it to do."
Strange & Unusual"I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicte…"
Strange & Unusual