Alan Turing — "The original question, 'Can machines think?' I believe to be too meaningless to …"

"I do not wish to give the impression that I think there is no mystery about consciousness. There is, for instance, something of a paradox connected with any attempt to localize it."

"The machine has a definite state at any moment, which is determined by the instructions it has received and by the results of its previous operations."

"The imitation game is a test of intelligence, not a test of consciousness."

"Machines take me by surprise with great frequency."

"I am not very impressed with theological arguments whatever they may be used to support. Such arguments have often been found unsatisfactory in the past. In the time of Galileo it was argued that the …"