A page in Vasily Grossman's novel "Life and Fate" (written in 1959):

"An electronic machine can carry out mathematical calculations, remember historical facts, play chess and translate books from one language to another. It is able to solve mathematical problems more quickly than man and its memory is faultless. Is there any limit to progress, to its ability to create machines in the image and likeness of man? It seems the answer is no."

Rest in the book and https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/19595.Vasily_Grossman?page=3 (sorry)