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[[FILE:Marvin Minsky at OLPCb.jpg|border|right|thumb|240px| Marvin Minsky in 2008 <ref>Marvin Minsky visiting the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child OLPC] offices, August 26, 2008, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Minsky Marvin Minsky from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
'''Marvin Lee Minsky''', (August 9, 1927 - January 24, 2016 <ref>[http://www.media.mit.edu/people/in-memory/minsky Marvin Minsky 1927-2016 | MIT Media Lab]</ref>)<br/>
was an American mathematician, philosopher, [[Cognition|cognitive scientist]], and pioneer in the field of [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligence]].
Along with [[John McCarthy]], he co-founded the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Massachusetts Institute of Technology's]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Computer_Science_and_Artificial_Intelligence_Laboratory AI laboratory].
In 1951, Minsky built the first randomly wired [[Neural Networks|neural network]] [[Learning|learning]] machine, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_neural_analog_reinforcement_calculator SNARC], and in 1969, along with [[Mathematician#SPapert|Seymour Papert]] authored ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptrons_%28book%29 Perceptrons]'', which became the foundational work in the analysis of artificial neural networks <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Minsky Marvin Minsky from Wikipedia]</ref>, also refered as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_winter#The_abandonment_of_connectionism_in_1969 the abandonment] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectionism connectionism], a controversy in the history of AI concerning the [[Neural Networks#Perceptron|Perceptron]] and its main researcher [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Rosenblatt Frank Rosenblatt] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Rosenblatt Frank Rosenblatt] ('''1962'''). ''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000203591 Principles of Neurodynamics: Perceptrons and the Theory of Brain Mechanisms]''. Spartan Books</ref>.
=HAL 9000=
<span id="HAL9000"></span>Minsky and [[Jack Good]] were adviser of the 1968 [[:Category:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick Stanley Kubrick] film [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_%28film%29 2001: A Space Odyssey], concerning [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-replicating_machine Self-replicating machine] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000 HAL 9000], the '''H'''euristically programmed '''AL'''gorithmic computer, and were referred to both in the movie and the book <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_%28film%29#Accuracy 2001: A Space Odyssey | Science | Accuracy]</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Minsky#Biography Marvin Minsky from Wikipedia | Biography]</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/ Marvin Minsky's Home Page | Some Publications]</ref> <ref>[http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/Bibliography.html Selected Publications of Marvin Minsky]</ref>
* [[Marvin Minsky]] ('''1954'''). ''Neural Nets and the Brain Model Problem''. Ph.D. dissertation, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University Princeton University]
* [[John McCarthy]], [[Marvin Minsky]], [[Nathaniel Rochester]], [[Claude Shannon]] ('''1955'''). ''[http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/history/dartmouth/dartmouth.html A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence]''.
* [[Marvin Minsky]] ('''1967'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1095587 Computation: Finite and Infinite Machines]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prentice_Hall Prentice-Hall], ISBN:0-13-165563-9
* [[Marvin Minsky]], [[Mathematician#SPapert|Seymour Papert]] ('''1969'''). ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptrons_%28book%29 Perceptrons]''. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_winter#The_abandonment_of_connectionism_in_1969 The abandonment of connectionism in 1969 - Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Rosenblatt Frank Rosenblatt] ('''1962'''). ''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000203591 Principles of Neurodynamics: Perceptrons and the Theory of Brain Mechanisms]''. Spartan Books</ref>
* [[Marvin Minsky]], [[Mathematician#SPapert|Seymour Papert]] ('''1972'''). ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptrons_%28book%29 Perceptrons: An Introduction to Computational Geometry]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Press The MIT Press], 2nd edition with corrections
* [[Marvin Minsky]] ('''1974'''). ''[http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/papers/Frames/frames.html Framework for Representing Knowledge 1974]''. [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]-AI Laboratory Memo 306
* [[Marvin Minsky]] ('''1980'''). ''K-Lines: A Theory of Memory''. Cognitive Science 4, 117-133, [http://csjarchive.cogsci.rpi.edu/1980v04/i02/p0117p0133/MAIN.PDF pdf] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-line_%28artificial_intelligence%29 K-line (artificial intelligence) from Wikipedia]</ref>
* [[Marvin Minsky]] ('''1986'''). ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Mind The Society of Mind]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster Simon & Schuster] <ref>[[Matthew L. Ginsberg]] ('''1991'''). ''Marvin Minsky, The Society of Mind''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_%28journal%29 Artificial Intelligence], Vol. 48</ref>
* [[Marvin Minsky]] ('''1988'''). ''[http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/papers/ComputersCantThink.txt Why People Think Computers Can't]''. [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]
* [[Marvin Minsky]] ('''2006'''). ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emotion_Machine The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster Simon & Schuster] <ref>[http://www.terasemjournals.org/PCJournal/PC0303/mm1.html Terasem Journal of Personal Cyberconsciousness - Marvin Lee Minsky discussing his book, The Emotion Machine] </ref>
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42351 Marvin Minsky and the look-ahead efficiency in chess] by [[Julien Marcel]], [[CCC]], February 06, 2012
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Minsky Marvin Minsky from Wikipedia]
* [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marvin_Minsky Marvin Minsky - Wikiquote]
* [http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/ Marvin Minsky's Home Page]
* [https://www.media.mit.edu/people/minsky Marvin L. Minsky | MIT Media Lab]
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Marvin_Minsky_essays Marvin Minsky essays] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child OLPC]
* [http://www.computer.org/portal/web/awards/cp-minsky Marvin Minsky | 1995 Computer Pioneer Award] from [[IEEE#Awards|IEEE Computer Society Awards]]
* [http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/Hal/chap2/two1.html Scientist on the Set: An Interview with Marvin Minsky] by [http://www-stat.stanford.edu/people/faculty/stork/index.html David G. Stork], from [http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/Hal/ HAL'S LEGACY: Online] <ref>[http://www.emcp.com/intro_pc/reading15.htm Review of HAL's Legacy]</ref>
* [http://news.mit.edu/2016/marvin-minsky-obituary-0125 Marvin Minsky, “father of artificial intelligence,” dies at 88 | MIT News], January 25, 2016
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/business/marvin-minsky-pioneer-in-artificial-intelligence-dies-at-88.html?_r=0 Marvin Minsky, Pioneer in Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 88] by [https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennrifkin Glenn Rifkin], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times The New York Times], January 25, 2016
* [http://en.chessbase.com/post/ai-pioneer-marvin-minsky-dies-at-88 AI pioneer Marvin Minsky dies at 88] by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], January 27, 2016
* [[Edward Fredkin|Ed Fredkin]] reads [[Marvin Minsky]] for the Celebration of [[John McCarthy|John McCarthy's]] Accomplishments on March 25, 2012, at [[Stanford University]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHAO02mjfeM|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
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[[FILE:Marvin Minsky at OLPCb.jpg|border|right|thumb|240px| Marvin Minsky in 2008 <ref>Marvin Minsky visiting the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child OLPC] offices, August 26, 2008, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Minsky Marvin Minsky from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]
'''Marvin Lee Minsky''', (August 9, 1927 - January 24, 2016 <ref>[http://www.media.mit.edu/people/in-memory/minsky Marvin Minsky 1927-2016 | MIT Media Lab]</ref>)<br/>
was an American mathematician, philosopher, [[Cognition|cognitive scientist]], and pioneer in the field of [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligence]].
Along with [[John McCarthy]], he co-founded the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Massachusetts Institute of Technology's]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Computer_Science_and_Artificial_Intelligence_Laboratory AI laboratory].
In 1951, Minsky built the first randomly wired [[Neural Networks|neural network]] [[Learning|learning]] machine, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_neural_analog_reinforcement_calculator SNARC], and in 1969, along with [[Mathematician#SPapert|Seymour Papert]] authored ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptrons_%28book%29 Perceptrons]'', which became the foundational work in the analysis of artificial neural networks <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Minsky Marvin Minsky from Wikipedia]</ref>, also refered as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_winter#The_abandonment_of_connectionism_in_1969 the abandonment] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectionism connectionism], a controversy in the history of AI concerning the [[Neural Networks#Perceptron|Perceptron]] and its main researcher [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Rosenblatt Frank Rosenblatt] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Rosenblatt Frank Rosenblatt] ('''1962'''). ''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000203591 Principles of Neurodynamics: Perceptrons and the Theory of Brain Mechanisms]''. Spartan Books</ref>.
=HAL 9000=
<span id="HAL9000"></span>Minsky and [[Jack Good]] were adviser of the 1968 [[:Category:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick Stanley Kubrick] film [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_%28film%29 2001: A Space Odyssey], concerning [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-replicating_machine Self-replicating machine] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000 HAL 9000], the '''H'''euristically programmed '''AL'''gorithmic computer, and were referred to both in the movie and the book <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_%28film%29#Accuracy 2001: A Space Odyssey | Science | Accuracy]</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Minsky#Biography Marvin Minsky from Wikipedia | Biography]</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/ Marvin Minsky's Home Page | Some Publications]</ref> <ref>[http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/Bibliography.html Selected Publications of Marvin Minsky]</ref>
* [[Marvin Minsky]] ('''1954'''). ''Neural Nets and the Brain Model Problem''. Ph.D. dissertation, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University Princeton University]
* [[John McCarthy]], [[Marvin Minsky]], [[Nathaniel Rochester]], [[Claude Shannon]] ('''1955'''). ''[http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/history/dartmouth/dartmouth.html A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence]''.
* [[Marvin Minsky]] ('''1967'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1095587 Computation: Finite and Infinite Machines]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prentice_Hall Prentice-Hall], ISBN:0-13-165563-9
* [[Marvin Minsky]], [[Mathematician#SPapert|Seymour Papert]] ('''1969'''). ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptrons_%28book%29 Perceptrons]''. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_winter#The_abandonment_of_connectionism_in_1969 The abandonment of connectionism in 1969 - Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Rosenblatt Frank Rosenblatt] ('''1962'''). ''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000203591 Principles of Neurodynamics: Perceptrons and the Theory of Brain Mechanisms]''. Spartan Books</ref>
* [[Marvin Minsky]], [[Mathematician#SPapert|Seymour Papert]] ('''1972'''). ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptrons_%28book%29 Perceptrons: An Introduction to Computational Geometry]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Press The MIT Press], 2nd edition with corrections
* [[Marvin Minsky]] ('''1974'''). ''[http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/papers/Frames/frames.html Framework for Representing Knowledge 1974]''. [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]-AI Laboratory Memo 306
* [[Marvin Minsky]] ('''1980'''). ''K-Lines: A Theory of Memory''. Cognitive Science 4, 117-133, [http://csjarchive.cogsci.rpi.edu/1980v04/i02/p0117p0133/MAIN.PDF pdf] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-line_%28artificial_intelligence%29 K-line (artificial intelligence) from Wikipedia]</ref>
* [[Marvin Minsky]] ('''1986'''). ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Mind The Society of Mind]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster Simon & Schuster] <ref>[[Matthew L. Ginsberg]] ('''1991'''). ''Marvin Minsky, The Society of Mind''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_%28journal%29 Artificial Intelligence], Vol. 48</ref>
* [[Marvin Minsky]] ('''1988'''). ''[http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/papers/ComputersCantThink.txt Why People Think Computers Can't]''. [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]
* [[Marvin Minsky]] ('''2006'''). ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emotion_Machine The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster Simon & Schuster] <ref>[http://www.terasemjournals.org/PCJournal/PC0303/mm1.html Terasem Journal of Personal Cyberconsciousness - Marvin Lee Minsky discussing his book, The Emotion Machine] </ref>
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42351 Marvin Minsky and the look-ahead efficiency in chess] by [[Julien Marcel]], [[CCC]], February 06, 2012
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Minsky Marvin Minsky from Wikipedia]
* [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marvin_Minsky Marvin Minsky - Wikiquote]
* [http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/ Marvin Minsky's Home Page]
* [https://www.media.mit.edu/people/minsky Marvin L. Minsky | MIT Media Lab]
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Marvin_Minsky_essays Marvin Minsky essays] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child OLPC]
* [http://www.computer.org/portal/web/awards/cp-minsky Marvin Minsky | 1995 Computer Pioneer Award] from [[IEEE#Awards|IEEE Computer Society Awards]]
* [http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/Hal/chap2/two1.html Scientist on the Set: An Interview with Marvin Minsky] by [http://www-stat.stanford.edu/people/faculty/stork/index.html David G. Stork], from [http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/Hal/ HAL'S LEGACY: Online] <ref>[http://www.emcp.com/intro_pc/reading15.htm Review of HAL's Legacy]</ref>
* [http://news.mit.edu/2016/marvin-minsky-obituary-0125 Marvin Minsky, “father of artificial intelligence,” dies at 88 | MIT News], January 25, 2016
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/business/marvin-minsky-pioneer-in-artificial-intelligence-dies-at-88.html?_r=0 Marvin Minsky, Pioneer in Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 88] by [https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennrifkin Glenn Rifkin], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times The New York Times], January 25, 2016
* [http://en.chessbase.com/post/ai-pioneer-marvin-minsky-dies-at-88 AI pioneer Marvin Minsky dies at 88] by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], January 27, 2016
* [[Edward Fredkin|Ed Fredkin]] reads [[Marvin Minsky]] for the Celebration of [[John McCarthy|John McCarthy's]] Accomplishments on March 25, 2012, at [[Stanford University]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHAO02mjfeM|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
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