Marvin Minsky

The most important thing about a theory is not whether it is true, but whether it is useful.

The human brain is a marvel of engineering.

The future of AI is not about creating super-intelligent machines, but about creating machines that can help us solve super-difficult problems.

The mind is a collection of specialized agents, each with its own goals and methods.

The more we understand about how the mind works, the more we can design better learning environments.

The brain is a parallel processor.

The mind is not a mystery, but a puzzle that can be solved.

The greatest invention of all time is the human mind.

The future of AI is not about replacing human creativity, but about enhancing it.

The mind is a self-organizing system.

No one will ever know a computer the way its creator knows it.

Will robots inherit the earth? Yes, but they will be our children.

The brain is a computer, but it's a very special kind of computer.

How do you know but every bird that cuts the airy way is an immense world of delight, closed by your senses five?

AI has been brain-dead since the 1970s.

Once we can explain how we think, we will know how to make machines think.

Emotions are not a luxury but a necessity for intelligent behavior.

The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.

In general, symbols in a computer program do not represent anything.

We humans are too complicated to be understood by anyone, including ourselves.