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Marvin Minsky was an American cognitive scientist and a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence. His groundbreaking work laid the foundation for much of modern AI research and robotics. He inspired generations of scientists and remains a key figure in the history of computer science. Here are 98 of his quotes:
Perhaps it is no accident that one meaning of the word express is "to squeeze"-for when you try to "express yourself," your language resources will have to pick and choose among the descriptions your other resources construct-and then attempt to squeeze a few of these through your tiny channels of phrases and gestures.
Marvin Minsky
Most theories of learning have been based on ideas of "reinforcement" of success. But all these theories postulate a single, centralized reward mechanism. I doubt this could suffice for human learning because the recognition of which events should be considered memorable cannot be a single, uniform process. It requires too much "intelligence." Instead I think such recognitions must be made, for each division of the mind, by some other agency that has engaged the present one for a purpose.
Marvin Minsky
We still remain prone to doctrines, philosophies, faiths, and beliefs that spread through the populations of entire civilizations. It is hard to imagine any foolproof ways to protect ourselves from such infections. ...the best we can do is to try to educate our children to learn more skills of critical thinking and methods of scientific verification.
Marvin Minsky
Marvin Minsky
Occupation: American Scientist
Born: August 9, 1927
Died: January 24, 2016
Quotes count: 98
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