Marvin Minsky

Computer Science American 1927 – 2016 378 quotes

Co-founder of MIT AI Lab, pioneer of AI

Quotes by Marvin Minsky

The mind is a society of tiny agents.

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What is a mind? It is a terrible thing to waste.

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The greatest danger to our future is apathy.

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We're not going to have any 'super-intelligent' machines until we understand how to make them learn.

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The brain is not a computer, but a computer is a brain.

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The problem with common sense is that it's not common.

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We are all born with a certain amount of curiosity, but it is often stifled by education.

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The mind is not a single thing, but a collection of many different things.

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We don't really understand how the brain works, but we're getting closer.

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The future of AI is not about making machines that are smarter than us, but about making machines that can help us be smarter.

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We are all trying to make sense of the world, and that's what science is all about.

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The only way to learn is to make mistakes.

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We are all agents in a society of mind.

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We are all trying to understand ourselves and the world around us.

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The future of humanity depends on our ability to understand intelligence.

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The brain is a collection of specialized agents that work together to produce intelligence.

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The mind is a system of systems.

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We are all trying to find meaning in our lives.

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The mind is a distributed system.

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We are all trying to make the world a better place.

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