"The extent to which we regard mind as an attribute of the body, or something separable from it, is largely a matter of convenience."

"I'm afraid that the following syllogism may be used by some in the future. Turing believes machines think. Turing lies with men. Therefore machines do not think. Yours in distress, Alan."

"The machine should be able to use language."

"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…"

"The question is not whether machines can think, but whether they can be made to think like humans."