Bell Labs Cafeteria, New York, 1943: His high pitched voice already stood out above the general murmur of well-behaved junior executives grooming themselves for promotion within the Bell corporation. Then he was suddenly heard to say: "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."
Alan TuringA computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human.
Alan TuringOne 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".
Alan TuringA very large part of space-time must be investigated, if reliable results are to be obtained.
Alan Turing