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Marvin Minsky

[ˈmɑɹvɪn ˈmɪnski]
Artificial Intelligence
Last updated: December 9, 2024

Definition

Co-founder of MIT’s AI laboratory and author of Society of Mind, who helped establish AI as an academic discipline.

Detailed Explanation

Marvin Minsky (1927-2016) was one of the founding fathers of artificial intelligence who developed theories about how human intelligence works and how it might be replicated in machines. He co-founded the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and made significant contributions to computational theories of mind, neural networks, and knowledge representation. His Society of Mind theory proposed that intelligence emerges from the interaction of many simple processes.

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Cognitive architecture design, Robotics research, Neural network theory, AI education

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