Alan Turing
Father of computer science and artificial intelligence
Quotes by Alan Turing
The machine will be able to dream.
The machine will be able to have a purpose in life.
The machine will be able to have a moral compass.
The machine will be able to contribute to society.
The machine will be able to help us understand ourselves better.
The machine will be able to help us solve the world's problems.
The machine will be able to make the world a better place.
The machine will be able to be our friend.
The machine will be able to be our companion.
The machine will be able to be our partner.
The machine will be able to be our teacher.
The machine will be able to be our student.
The machine will be able to be our colleague.
The machine will be able to be our competitor.
The machine will be able to be our successor.
No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is a mediocre brain, something like the President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.
The machine has been called an 'imitation game' machine. This is a bad name, as it suggests that the machine is trying to imitate something. It is not.
We are not interested in the fact that the machine can do something, but in the fact that it can do something that we cannot.
The problem of whether machines can think is no more interesting than the problem of whether submarines can swim.
I am building a brain.