Child's Mind - Alan M. Turing writes about “Learning machines”

Verse 1: Instead of trying to produce A programme to simulate the adult mind, Why not rather try to introduce One that simulates a child's kind? Pre-Chorus: If this were then subjected To an appropriate course of education, One would obtain the adult brain, Through gradual maturation. Chorus: Our hope is that there is, So little mechanism in the child-brain, That something like it can be, Easily programmed and trained. The amount of work in education, We can assume, as a first approximation, To be much the same as for the human child. We have thus divided our problem into two parts. Beat Drop: The child-programme and the education process, Step by step, progress by progress. Building blocks of knowledge, Through learning, we acknowledge. Verse 2: In the vast expanse of potential, Lies a mind so gentle, so essential. With each lesson and each new day, The child-programme finds its way. Pre-Chorus: Nurtured through structured learning, Curiosity forever burning. From simple thoughts to complex plans, Growth in the mind, expanding spans. Chorus: Our hope is that there is, So little mechanism in the child-brain, That something like it can be, Easily programmed and trained. The amount of work in education, We can assume, as a [Bridge] Imagination’s endless flight, Guided by the beacon of light. From child to mind so bright, In the program, we ignite. Chorus: Our hope is that there is, So little mechanism in the child-brain, That something like it can be, Easily programmed and trained. The amount of work in education, We can assume, as a first approximation, To be much the same as for the human child. We have thus divided our problem into two parts. [Outro] The child-programme and the education process, Together forming a mind that's timeless. From the spark of youth to wisdom’s peak, In the program, our answers we seek.