We like to believe that Man is in some subtle way superior to the rest of creation. It is best if he can be shown to be necessarily superior, for then there is no danger of him losing his commanding position.
Computer science, codebreaking
From his paper 'Computing Machinery and Intelligence', published in the journal Mind.
1950
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"The whole problem can be reduced to the question: Can machines think?"
Shocking"I have had a very happy life. I have done many things that I wanted to do."
Controversial"The problem of consciousness is a difficult one, and I do not have a solution to it."
Shocking"I've now got myself into the kind of trouble that I have always considered to be quite a possibility for me, though I have usually rated it at about 10:1 against."
Strange & Unusual"I don't think that human beings are the be-all and end-all of creation."
Controversial