"I believe that in about fifty years' time it will be possible to programme computers, with a storage capacity of about 10^9, to make them play the imitation game so well that an average interrogator w…"

"Once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers."

"The activity of the intuition consists in making spontaneous judgements which are not the result of conscious trains of reasoning. These judgments are often but by no means invariably correct…"

"Machines take me by surprise with great frequency."

"Arguments against the hope of artificial intelligence included that 'you will never be able to make [a machine] to do' any of these: Be kind, resourceful, beautiful, friendly, have initiative, have a …"