It seems probable that once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers… They would be able to converse with each other to sharpen their wits. At some stage therefore, we should have to expect the machines to take control.
— Alan Turing Modern

Computer science, codebreaking

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Submitted to the National Physical Laboratory in 1948 ("Intelligent Machinery") and a BBC radio lecture in 1951. Also mentioned in "Computing Machinery and Intelligence".

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1948-1951

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Strange & Unusual

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