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.


The Essential Turing (ed. Oxford University Press, 2004) - ISBN: 9780198250791


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...

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...

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...

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...