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Instead of trying to produce a programme to simulate the adult mind, why not rather try to produce one which simulates the child's? If this were then subjected to an appropriate course of education one would obtain the adult brain.
Alan Turing
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Alan Turing
Age: 41 †
Born: 1912
Born: June 23
Died: 1954
Died: June 7
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