Marvin Minsky

Computer Science American 1927 – 2016 378 quotes

Co-founder of MIT AI Lab, pioneer of AI

Quotes by Marvin Minsky

The brain is a collection of tricks.

The Society of Mind 1986

The world is full of problems, and the mind is full of solutions.

The Society of Mind 1986

We should not be afraid of machines that think, but of machines that don't think.

Lecture 1980

The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create.

Lecture 1980

The human mind is the most complex thing in the known universe.

The Society of Mind 1986

The only way to make sense of the world is to make sense of the mind.

The Society of Mind 1986

We are not just observers of the world, but participants in its creation.

The Society of Mind 1986

The biggest obstacle to understanding the mind is our own preconceptions about it.

The Society of Mind 1986

The mind is not a single, unified entity, but a collection of interacting parts.

The Society of Mind 1986

The more we learn about the brain, the more we realize how much we don't know.

The Society of Mind 1986

The goal of AI is not to replace humans, but to augment human intelligence.

Interview 1970

The most important thing in science is not to find answers, but to ask the right questions.

The Society of Mind 1986

The human mind is a work in progress.

The Society of Mind 1986

We are all born with a mind, but it is up to us to make it intelligent.

The Society of Mind 1986

The computer is the most important invention of the 20th century.

Lecture 1990

The future of humanity depends on our ability to understand and control our own minds.

The Society of Mind 1986

The mind is a machine that can learn to fix itself.

The Society of Mind 1986

The greatest challenge for AI is to make machines that can learn from their own mistakes.

Interview 1970

The more we understand about the mind, the more we can improve education.

The Society of Mind 1986

The mind is not a blank slate, but a collection of innate predispositions.

The Society of Mind 1986