Technology Quotes

"Machinery which can behave like a machine and like a man, according to circumstances, would be much the most useful."

"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."

"I believe that by the end of the century it will be possible to speak of machines thinking without being contradicted."

"Computing machines, like people, can be made intelligent."

"The problem of producing a thinking machine is at the outset a problem of programming."

"We do not need to programme a machine to learn simple facts of the world."

"The scope of the new age of atomic energy extends far beyond the needs of war."

"We have allowed the age of machinery, of chemicals, of synthetics to dominate our world."

"The most characteristic sound of the modern world is the roar of the machine."

"Programming is not about typing, it's about thinking."

"I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I'm rooting for the dogs."

"Let me tell you what I think about your way of life. You are living in a technological daze, as is all the rest of the world."

"The most important thing is to find out how to make systems that can think on their own."

"Technology is changing faster than our ability to understand it."

"The great thing about computers is they can be taught almost anything."

"Technology should serve humanity, not the reverse."

"Technology is a tool; wisdom determines its use."

"Of all the inventions of the human mind, none is so difficult to improve upon as the flying machine."

"Innovation is the future."

"I deliberately created the compiler, because I believed that the future of programming lay in making it easier for people to communicate with machines."

"Programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a fascinating intellectual challenge."

"The computer is just a tool, like a hammer or a saw. What matters is what you do with it."

"I wanted to make programming accessible to everyone, not just the experts."

"Technology is merely a tool; the real discovery happens in the mind."

"Technology amplifies human curiosity, but it cannot replace it."

"The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim."

"I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicted."

"Machines take me by surprise with great frequency."

"It is possible to invent a single machine which can be used to compute any computable sequence."

"It seems probable that once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers."