Marvin Minsky

Computer Science American 1927 – 2016 378 quotes

Co-founder of MIT AI Lab, pioneer of AI

Quotes by Marvin Minsky

The most important thing is to have a good problem to work on.

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The human mind is a collection of little agents, each doing its own thing.

The Society of Mind 1985

The future of AI is not about replacing humans, but about augmenting them.

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We don't need to understand everything to build something useful.

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The only way to learn is by doing.

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The brain is a collection of specialized modules, each doing a specific job.

The Society of Mind 1985

If you want to build a mind, you have to build a society of minds.

The Society of Mind 1985

The most important thing is to have fun.

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The brain is a collection of simple parts that together produce complex behavior.

The Society of Mind 1985

The future of AI is about making machines that can understand and communicate.

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The only way to understand a mind is to build one.

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The brain is a machine that makes decisions.

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The most important thing is to be open-minded.

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The future of AI is about making machines that can create and innovate.

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The brain is a collection of interacting processes.

The Society of Mind 1985

The only way to solve a problem is to break it down into smaller parts.

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The most important thing is to be persistent.

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The brain is a machine that makes meaning.

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The future of AI is about making machines that can collaborate and cooperate.

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The only way to make progress is to challenge assumptions.

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