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The Effort Of Using Machines To Mimic The Human Mind Has Always Struck Me As Rather Silly.
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The effort of using machines to mimic the human mind has always struck me as
rather silly. I would rather use them to mimic something better.
-- Edsger W. Dijkstra
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