# When Machines Take Control by Alan Turing > "At some stage therefore we should have to expect the machines to take control." > **— Alan Turing**, *c. 1951, Intelligent Machinery, A Heretical Theory* ## Sources and Context - **Editorial boundary repair:** The previous readable excerpt was "At some stage therefore we should have to expect the machines to take control". Its initial capitalization and/or terminal punctuation is now adjusted for standalone reading; no wording or substantive qualification was added. The linked source above remains the publication audit trail. - **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) — The lecture text supplies the complete passage about machine thinking, outstripping human powers, and control. ## 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/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Alan Turing|Alan Turing]] - [[wiki/Alignment Problem|Alignment Problem]] - [[wiki/AI Coordination Systems|AI Coordination Systems]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/Machine Civilization|Machine Civilization]] - [[wiki/Uploaded Intelligence|Uploaded Intelligence]] - [[wiki/Machine Territory|Machine Territory]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "At some stage therefore we should have to expect the machines to take control." — Alan Turing, c. 1951, Intelligent Machinery, A Heretical Theory https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-alan-turing-machines-take-control ```