Alan Turing — "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."

"We are not interested in the fact that the brain has the consistency of cold porridge."

"I have had a number of conversations with people who are convinced that machines cannot think. I have not been convinced by their arguments."

"The important thing is not to stop questioning."

"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 …"

"If a machine can think, it might think more intelligently than we do, and then where should we be?"