Marvin Minsky

Computer Science American 1927 – 2016 378 quotes

Co-founder of MIT AI Lab, pioneer of AI

Quotes by Marvin Minsky

The real AI winter is when people stop dreaming.

Speech 1993

Every child is a natural philosopher.

Book 1973

Computers are tools for amplifying human thought.

Speech 1980

To understand intelligence, study the failures.

Book 2006

The brain doesn't have a single center of control.

Book 1986

Innovation comes from combining old ideas in new ways.

Interview 1995

We are prisoners of our own theories.

Book 2006

AI will change everything, but we don't know how yet.

Speech 1967

The joy of discovery is what drives science.

Letter 1988

Machines can be smarter than us, but not wiser.

Interview 2000

Learning to think is the real education.

Book 1972

The universe is full of surprises; so is the mind.

Book 1986

Don't fear AI; embrace it.

Speech 2013

Every problem is an opportunity for a new theory.

Interview 1990

The mind evolves through conversation with itself.

Book 2006

Computers teach us about our own minds.

Paper 1969

Curiosity is the engine of progress.

Speech 1985

In AI, the map is not the territory.

Book 1982

We build machines to understand ourselves.

Interview 1979

The future belongs to those who question.

Letter 2001