The ‘Thinking’ Machine
Critical Writing
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1954
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25-31
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October
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Abstract (in English):
An essay by Christopher Strachey about his love letter generator M.U.C. and the question of whether computers will ever be able to think for themselves.
Pull Quotes:
We are now in a rather better position to consider whether or not computers can think. In the first place the question must clearly be recast in the form "Can we write a program to make a computer ’think’ ?" and in this form it becomes obvious that the answer depends almost entirely on the meaning we attach to the term "think."
Works referenced:
| Title | Author |
Year |
|---|---|---|
| M.U.C. Love Letter Generator | Christopher Strachey | 1952 |
Critical writing that references this:
| Title | Author | Publisher | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Literature | Scott Rettberg | Polity | 2018 |
