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Jan 25, 2016

Marvin Minsky, Pioneer in Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 88

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, supercomputing

Sad day for AI & RIP Mr. Minsky — Early AI Pioneer.


His family said the cause was a cerebral hemorrhage.

Well before the advent of the microprocessor and the supercomputer, Professor Minsky, a revered computer science educator at M.I.T., laid the foundation for the field of artificial intelligence by demonstrating the possibilities of imparting common-sense reasoning to computers.

“Marvin was one of the very few people in computing whose visions and perspectives liberated the computer from being a glorified adding machine to start to realize its destiny as one of the most powerful amplifiers for human endeavors in history,” said Alan Kay, a computer scientist and a friend and colleague of Professor Minsky’s.

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