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Racer Loc (aticebus)
Race Number 254
Date Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:23:09 +0000
Speed 72 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 96.0%
Rank 3rd place (out of 5)
Opponents jakobpc (2nd place) sharburrus (4th place) sinulescu (5th place)

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The view that machines cannot give rise to surprises is due, I believe, to a fallacy to which philosophers and mathematicians are particularly subject. This is the assumption that as soon as a fact is presented to a mind all consequences of that fact spring into the mind simultaneously with it. It is a very useful assumption under many circumstances, but one too easily forgets that it is false. A natural consequence of doing so is that one then assumes that there is no virtue in the mere working out of consequences from data and general principles.
Computing Machinery and Intelligence (book) by Alan M. Turing (see stats)

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