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

We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields. But which are the best ones to start with? Many people think that a very abstract activity, like the playing of chess, would be best. It can also be maintained that it is best to provide the machine with the best sense organs that money can buy, and then teach it to understand and speak English.

Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.

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".

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.

Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.

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.