# Machines May Think in Ways We Do Not by Alan Turing > "May not machines carry out something which ought to be described as thinking but which is very different from what a man does?" > **— Alan Turing**, *Computing Machinery and Intelligence (1950)* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Computing Machinery and Intelligence (1950). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Article:** [[articles/Escape Hatch in the Skull|Escape Hatch in the Skull]] - **Article:** [[articles/Science of Digital Consciousness|Science of Digital Consciousness]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Third Possibility|The Third Possibility]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Alan Turing|Alan Turing]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/Consciousness|Consciousness]] - [[wiki/Consciousness Indicators|Consciousness Indicators]] - [[wiki/Machine Consciousness|Machine Consciousness]] - [[wiki/Hard Problem of Consciousness|Hard Problem of Consciousness]] - [[wiki/Artificial Consciousness|Artificial Consciousness]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "May not machines carry out something which ought to be described as thinking but which is very different from what a man does?" — Alan Turing, Computing Machinery and Intelligence (1950) https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-alan-turing-machines-think-ways-not ```