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Marvin Lee Minsky (born August 9, 1927), sometimes affectionately known as "Old Man Minsky", is an American Cognitive Scientist in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), co-founder of MIT's AI laboratory, and author of several texts on AI and philosophy.
Biography
Marvin Minsky was born in New York City, where he attended The Fieldston School and the Bronx High School of Science. He later attended the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He served in the US Navy from 1944 to 1945. He holds a BA in Mathematics from Harvard (1950) and a PhD in the same field from Princeton (1954). He has been on the MIT faculty since 1958. He is currently Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, and Professor of electrical engineering and computer science.
Minsky won the Turing Award in 1969, the Japan Prize in 1990, the IJCAI Award for Research Excellence in 1991, and the Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Franklin Institute in 2001.
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"I bet the human brain is a kludge." -- Marvin Minsky
webgeekcom (web-geek.com) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:25:26 -0000
"I bet the human brain is a kludge." -- Marvin Minsky
"I hate been comfortable because is terribly boring" - Marvin Minsky #fb
davidlaym (David Lay) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:39:14 -0000
"I hate been comfortable because is terribly boring" - Marvin Minsky #fb
"I hate been comfortable because is terribly boring" - Marvin Minsky
davidlaym (David Lay) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:38:55 -0000
"I hate been comfortable because is terribly boring" - Marvin Minsky
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naruoga (Naruhiko Ogasawara) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:58:52 -0000
RMS とか Alan Kay、Marvin Minsky と話ができたら感動する気がするし、Knuth とだったら感動なんてもんじゃないなぁ。matz さんを独り占めにしてプログラミング言語トークを延々出来たら死んでもいい。って前にも書いたな。
Marvin Minsky founded zero. networking people and decided I followed almost one not. He says there! #future #fear
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Marvin Minsky founded zero. networking people and decided I followed almost one not. He says there! #future #fear
Marvin Minsky apparently just sent me a direct message on Twitter telling me he makes money online with Google... This seems unlikely.
Illykai (Owen Macindoe) Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:36:10 -0000
Marvin Minsky apparently just sent me a direct message on Twitter telling me he makes money online with Google... This seems unlikely.
Marvin Minsky - His page. One of the pioneers of artificial intelligence; a significant contributor to cognitive psychology, mathematics, computational linguistics, robotics, optics (microscopy). Published writings and links to research groups. [MIT Media Lab]
Brain Opera - interactive, musical journey into your mind, presented simultaneously in physical and cyber space. Artistic experience based on applying Marvin Minsky's 'The Society of Mind'.
Conscious Machines, by Marvin Minsky - Article published in 'Machinery of Consciousness', Proceedings, National Research Council of Canada, 75th Anniversary Symposium on Science in Society, June 1991. On the Mark Hughes website.
Consciousness is a Big Suitcase: A Talk with Marvin Minsky - Introduction and sizable interview. [EDGE 3rd Culture]
Marvin Lee Minsky: Matter, Mind and Models - Page with picture, and link to the document, which attempts to explain why people become confused by questions about the relation between mental and physical events.
Marvin Minsky - Stories involving Minsky. [Wired Archive]
Marvin Minsky - Growing biography, with links to many related topics. [Wikipedia]
Marvin Minsky Comment on Schooling - Thought provoking; part of some pages on home schooling.
Marvin Minsky: Raising Children as Atheists - Comments on his neurological symptoms. [Migraine Aura Foundation]
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Minsky's Society of Mind - If two minds are better than one, then how about two thousand? Positive review with references. [EMC/Paradigm Publishing]
Scientist on the Set: An Interview with Marvin Minsky - From the online book, edited by David G. Stork: Hal's Legacy: 2001's Computer as Dream and Reality.
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