Alan Turing — "The computer is a tool for extending the human intellect."

"The more we learn about the brain, the more we realize that it is a very complex machine."

"Instead of trying to produce a programme to simulate the adult mind, why not rather try to produce one which simulates the child's? If this were then subjected to an appropriate course of education on…"

"A smallish proportion are supercritical. An idea presented to such a mind may give rise to a whole 'theory' consisting of secondary, tertiary and more remote ideas. Animals' minds seem to be very defi…"

"Instead of trying to produce a programme to simulate the adult mind, why not rather try to produce one which simulates the child's?"

"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 …"