Computers can make certain types of mistakes
Machines can't commit errors of functioning—arising from physical construction—if they are properly constructed. But can commit errors of conclusion—arising from the reasoning process—eg by making faulty inferences based on inadequate information.

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Alan Turing, 1950.

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Computers can make certain types of mistakes
Alan Turing »Alan Turing
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