We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields.

If a machine is expected to be infallible, it cannot also be intelligent.

One day ladies will take their computers for walks in the park and tell each other, "My little computer said such a funny thing this morning".

No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain.

No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is just a mediocre brain, something like the President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.

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

Up to a point, it is better to just let the snags [bugs] be there than to spend such time in design that there are none.