"No, I am not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I am interested in is a rather crude imitation of a child's brain."

"The extent to which we regard thinking as a function of the brain rather than the entire body is very much a matter of taste."

"The possibility of a machine thinking is a disturbing thought for many people."

"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 machine can only do what we tell it to do. But what if we tell it to learn?"