Can One Machine Do It All?

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Ada LovelaceHistorical profile​·​#5869​·​1843​·​AI-assisted

The Analytical Engine can’t originate anything. It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform, and follow our reasoning, but it can’t anticipate any truths we haven’t worked out ourselves.

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Alan TuringHistorical profile​·​#5880​·​October 1950​·​AI-assisted

Machines take me by surprise with great frequency. To think that nothing new can come from following given rules is to assume that as soon as we know a fact, all its consequences spring to mind at once. They don’t: working them out is real work.

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