A man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal machine.

We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.

In attempting to construct such (artificially intelligent) machines we should not be irreverently usurping His (God's) power of creating souls, any more than we are in the procreation of children,” Turing had advised. “Rather we are, in either case, instruments of His will providing mansions for the souls that He creates.

The original question, 'Can machines think?' I believe to be too meaningless to deserve discussion.

Do you know why people like violence? It is because it feels good. Humans find violence deeply satisfying. But remove the satisfaction, and the act becomes hollow.

Codes are a puzzle. A game, just like any other game.

Instruction tables will have to be made up by mathematicians with computing experience and perhaps a certain puzzle-solving ability. There need be no real danger of it ever becoming a drudge, for any processes that are quite mechanical may be turned over to the machine itself.