THE 64-SQUARE MADHOUSE by FRITZ LEIBER - https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/61213/pg61213-images.html

 The machine was not perfect. It
could be tricked. It could make
mistakes. And—it could learn!

"The Machine is like a man. A rather peculiar and not exactly pleasant man. A man who always abides by sound principles, who is utterly incapable of flights of genius, but who never makes a mistake. You see, you are finding human interest already, even in the Machine."