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.

Unless in communicating with it one says exactly what one means, trouble is bound to result.

Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.

My little computer said such a funny thing this morning.

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

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

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