I'm afraid that the following syllogism may be used by some in the future. Turing believes machines think. Turing lies with men. Therefore machines do not think. Yours in distress, Alan.
Computer science, codebreaking
From a letter to his friend Philip Newman.
1952
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"The human mind is a very powerful computer."
Humorous"The universe is full of mysteries, and it is our task to unravel them."
Shocking"The extent to which we regard something as a machine is a matter of degree."
Humorous"Mathematical reasoning may be regarded rather schematically as the exercise of a combination of two facilities, which we may call intuition and ingenuity."
Strange & Unusual"Possibly a machine might be made to enjoy this delicious dish, but any attempt to make one do so would be idiotic."
Strange & Unusual