Analytical engine may be able to think for itself
As the analytical engine was in fact a universal digital computer its capabilities may have been greater than the evidence suggested to Ada Lovelace. With added speed and storage capacity the analytical engine may have been able to think for itself.

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Alan Turing, 1950.

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Analytical engine may be able to think for itself
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