A man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal machine.
Alan TuringUnless in communicating with it one says exactly what one means, trouble is bound to result.
Alan TuringIt seems probable that once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powersโฆ They would be able to converse with each other to sharpen their wits. At some stage therefore, we should have to expect the machines to take control.
Alan TuringIn attempting to construct such (artificially intelligent) machines we should not be irreverently usurping His (God's) power of creating souls, any more than we are in the procreation of children,โ Turing had advised. โRather we are, in either case, instruments of His will providing mansions for the souls that He creates.
Alan Turing