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Turing had pointed out that, if one could carry out a prolonged conversation with a machine — whether by typewriter or microphones was immaterial — w… - Arthur C. Clarke
" "Turing had pointed out that, if one could carry out a prolonged conversation with a machine — whether by typewriter or microphones was immaterial — without being able to distinguish between its replies and those that a man might give, then the machine was thinking, by any sensible definition of the word. Hal could pass the Turing test with ease.
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About Arthur C. Clarke
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British author, inventor and futurist, famous for his short stories and novels, among them 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), and as a host and commentator in the British television series Mysterious World. For many years, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Clarke were known as the "Big Three" of science fiction.
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Charles Willis
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E.G. O'Brien
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Arthur Charles Clarke
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Sir Arthur Charles Clarke
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Arthur Clarke
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This touch of luxury was typical of the Base, though it was sometimes hard to explain its necessity to the folk back on Earth. Every man and woman in Clavius had cost a hundred thousand dollars in training and transport and housing; it was worth a little extra to maintain their peace of mind. This was not art for art’s sake, but art for the sake of sanity.
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