Alan Turing

Mathematics English 1912 – 1954 391 quotes

Father of computer science and artificial intelligence

Quotes by Alan Turing

The greatest gift we can give to others is our love.

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Life is a journey, not a destination.

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The only constant in life is change.

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The past is a lesson, the present is a gift, the future is a mystery.

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We are all stardust.

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The universe is full of wonders, if only we take the time to look.

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The greatest adventure is to explore the unknown.

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To be human is to be flawed.

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The essence of life is to create.

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Death is not the end, but a new beginning.

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The search for truth is a lifelong endeavor.

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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The human heart is a complex and mysterious thing.

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The machine is not to be regarded as an automaton, but as a tool.

Lecture to the London Mathematical Society

The popular view that the brain is a sort of telephone exchange is, I think, a very misleading one.

BBC Radio Interview

The idea of a 'thinking machine' is not a new one, but it is only recently that we have had the means to make it a reality.

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The problem of how to make a machine intelligent is really the problem of how to make a machine learn.

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We are trying to make a machine that can do what a human can do, but faster and more accurately.

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The machine will be able to carry out any intellectual activity that a human can.

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The question of whether machines can think is a philosophical one, not a scientific one.

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