Minsky, Marvin Pioneers History
Minsky, Marvin Pioneers History
One of the oldest leading figures in artificial intelligence research, considered by some the father of AI. A founder of: MIT AI Lab, MIT Media Lab, open source/content Open Mind Commensense project. Author: many books, including the influential and accessible 'The Society of Mind'. Inventions: mechanical hands and other robotic devices, confocal scanning microscope, Muse synthesizer for musical variations (with E. Fredkin), first LOGO turtle (with S. Papert). Member: NAS, NAE and Argentine NAS. Awards: ACM Turing Award, MIT Killian Award, the Japan Prize, IJCAI Research Excellence Award, Rank Prize for Optoelectronics.
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Marvin Minsky - His page. One of the pioneers of artificial intelligence; a significant contributor to cognitive psychology, mathematics, computational linguistics, robotics, optics (microscopy). Published writings and links to research groups. [MIT Media Lab]
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Consciousness is a Big Suitcase: A Talk with Marvin Minsky - Introduction and sizable interview. [EDGE 3rd Culture]
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Brain Opera - interactive, musical journey into your mind, presented simultaneously in physical and cyber space. Artistic experience based on applying Marvin Minsky's 'The Society of Mind'.
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Marvin Minsky - Growing biography, with links to many related topics. [Wikipedia]
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Conscious Machines - Article by Marvin Minskyin in the 'Machinery of Consciousness', Proceedings, National Research Council of Canada, 75th Anniversary Symposium on Science in Society, June 1991. On the Mark Hughes website.
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Marvin Lee Minsky: Matter, Mind and Models - Page with picture, and link to the document, which attempts to explain why people become confused by questions about the relation between mental and physical events.
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Marvin Minsky: Raising Children as Atheists - Comments on his neurological symptoms. [Migraine Aura Foundation]
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Marvin Minsky Comment on Schooling - Thought provoking; part of some pages on home schooling.
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Scientist on the Set: An Interview with Marvin Minsky - From the online book, edited by David G. Stork: Hal's Legacy: 2001's Computer as Dream and Reality.
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Minsky's Society of Mind - If two minds are better than one, then how about two thousand? Positive review with references. [EMC/Paradigm Publishing]
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The Discover Interview: Marvin Minsky - Legendary pioneer of artificial intelligence ponders brains, bashes neuroscience, suggests plan for superhuman robot servants.
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