Technology Quotes

"The advantage of the digital computer is that it can be adapted to do the work of any other machine."

"Each machine might be termed a 'universal computing machine' in the sense that it can be made to do the work of any other computing machine."

"What is the significance of the fact that a machine can win at chess? It demonstrates that thinking itself can be mechanized."

"The idea of 'mechanical' mind originally suggested something rather negative, but automation has taught us to take the idea more seriously."

"It may be that one of the reasons why machines have seemed to be acting intelligently is that they have been fed carefully with information."

"I invented a frequency hopping system for torpedo guidance."

"I believe in the power of invention and innovation."

"The day may not come when the human voice will travel entirely through a copper wire, but I do not doubt that the day will come when it shall."

"The practical applications of an invention are usually developed by other people."

"The modern chemicals industry has brought us great convenience, but at what cost to the natural world?"

"The machine has come and visitors flocked in numbers that surprised us."

"I hope that we will eventually create a kind of asexual robot that can do everything that we do not wish to do."

"The idea behind digital computers may be explained by saying that these machines are intended to carry out any operations which could be carried out by a human computer."

"Machines take me by surprise with great frequency."

"Do you mean to tell me that this machine can think?"

"Turing machines are not the fastest computers, but they are the most general."

"I would say that for a very wide range of initial conditions, if the machine is provided with an appropriate program, it will do a very good imitation."

"Digital machines can be devised to produce a steady stream of appropriate answers."

"A machine's decision to do something new is fundamentally no different from a man's."

"If a machine can convince us it is thinking, then for practical purposes, it is thinking."

"Machines will eventually be able to do anything that humans can do."

"A machine can be designed to exhibit any finite set of behaviors."

"The telephone receiver was practically a slave to his ear during the greater part of his waking hours."

"True technology serves humanity; false technology enslaves it."

"Technology must serve nature, not dominate it."

"Technology offers tools, but wisdom determines their use."

"Technology should serve humanity, not control it."

"Technology is a tool, not a master."

"Frequency hopping was my contribution to winning the war."

"Technology should serve humanity, not enslave it."