# Machines May Enter Every Realm of Human Intellect by Alan Turing > "I do not see why it should not enter any one of the fields normally covered by the human intellect." > **— Alan Turing**, *The Mechanical Brain, The Times (1949)* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: The Mechanical Brain, The Times (1949). ## 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 ``` "I do not see why it should not enter any one of the fields normally covered by the human intellect." — Alan Turing, The Mechanical Brain, The Times (1949) https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-alan-turing-machines-realm-human-intellect ```