I have had a number of conversations with people who are convinced that machines cannot think. I have not been convinced by their arguments.
Computer science, codebreaking
Attributed, general implication from his writings, but exact quote is elusive.
Approx. 1950
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"The question whether machines can think is as meaningless as the question whether submarines can swim."
Controversial"May not machines carry out something which ought to be described as thinking but which is very different from what a man does?"
Strange & Unusual"The universe is full of mysteries, and it is our task to unravel them."
Shocking"The machine will eventually be able to do anything that a human can do."
Shocking"My interest in the brain is not so much in its structure, but in its function."
Controversial