Marvin Minsky

Computer Science American 1927 – 2016 378 quotes

Co-founder of MIT AI Lab, pioneer of AI

Quotes by Marvin Minsky

The future of intelligence is not artificial, but augmented.

Interview

The mind is a dynamic system.

Society of Mind

We are all trying to understand the nature of reality.

Interview

The future of AI is not about creating gods, but about creating tools.

Interview

The brain is a learning machine.

Society of Mind

The most important thing is to be creative.

Interview

The mind is a complex adaptive system.

Society of Mind

We are all trying to find our purpose in life.

Interview

The future of intelligence is not about singularity, but about symbiosis.

Interview

The brain is a predictive machine.

Society of Mind

The most important thing is to be kind.

Interview

We are all trying to make sense of our existence.

Interview

The future of AI is not about control, but about collaboration.

Interview

The brain is a problem-solving machine.

Society of Mind

The most important thing is to be curious about everything.

Interview

The problem is not that computers think like people, but that people think like computers.

Various interviews and writings

Common sense is not a simple thing. Instead, it is an immense society of knowledge and skills.

The Society of Mind 1985

No computer can ever be intelligent. This is a very strong claim, and it's a very stupid claim.

Various interviews and writings

The mind is a collection of smaller minds, each doing its own thing.

The Society of Mind 1985

We're not going to have a robot that's smarter than a human being for a long, long time. But we're going to have robots that are smarter than human beings at specific things, very soon.

Various interviews and writings