Marvin Minsky

We need to understand how the mind works before we can build machines that think.

The real problem is not whether machines think, but whether men do.

The brain is not a general-purpose computer; it's a collection of specialized agents.

Learning is making new connections.

The more you learn, the more you realize how much you don't know.

Intelligence is the ability to learn from experience.

The most powerful computers are the ones that can learn.

We're not trying to make a human brain, we're trying to make a better brain.

The mind is what the brain does.

The greatest danger in AI is that people will conclude too early that they understand it.

The brain is a collection of many different kinds of machines, each specialized for a particular task.

We don't have a single 'self'; we have many 'selves' that compete and cooperate.

The future of AI is not about replacing humans, but augmenting them.

The most important thing about a computer is that it can be programmed.

The brain is a machine that makes predictions.

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

We are not born with intelligence; we acquire it through learning and experience.

The greatest challenge in AI is to make machines that can learn like humans.

The brain is a parallel processing machine.

The mind is a collection of interacting processes.