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Full text available for a fee. (The paper was first presented in March 1950 at the National Institute for Radio Engineers Convention in New York.)See also: summary slidesPhilosophical Magazine (Series 7) 41:256-275

The possible ways in which machinery might be made to show intelligent behaviour are discussed. The analogy with the human brain is used as a guiding principle. It is pointed out that the potentialities of the human intelligence can only be realized if suitable education is provided. The investigation mainly centres round an analogous teaching process applied to machines. The idea of an unorganized machine is defined, and it is suggested that the infant human cortex is of this nature. Simple examples of such machines are given, and their education by means of rewards and punishments is discussed.

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