# Machines Could Quickly Outstrip Human Powers by Alan Turing > "it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers" > **— Alan Turing**, *c. 1951, Intelligent Machinery, A Heretical Theory* ## Sources and Context - **Full quotation and context:** [Intelligent Machinery, A Heretical Theory](https://www.turing.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2021-02/lecture_on_intelligent_machinery_1951.pdf) — contains the quoted wording and identifies its publication, interview, testimony, or event context. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Article:** [[articles/Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession|Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/Uploading Is Imminent|Uploading Is Imminent]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Alan Turing|Alan Turing]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/Machine Civilization|Machine Civilization]] - [[wiki/Uploaded Intelligence|Uploaded Intelligence]] - [[wiki/Substrate-Independent Evolution|Substrate-Independent Evolution]] - [[wiki/Civilizational Handoff|Civilizational Handoff]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers" — Alan Turing, c. 1951, Intelligent Machinery, A Heretical Theory https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-alan-turing-machines-outstrip-human-powers ```