Marvin Minsky

Marvin Lee Minsky (August 9, 1927 – January 24, 2016) was an American cognitive scientist in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). He was the co-founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's AI laboratory, and author of several texts on AI and philosophy.Marvin Minsky's publications in Google Scholar He won the Turing Award in 1969.

Minsky had a connection with Jeffrey Epstein, having receiving money from him for his research and visiting him at his private island.

Minskey was born in New York City, New York. He studied at Phillips Academy, Harvard University and at Princeton University. Minskey died in Boston, Massachusetts of a cerebral hemorrhage on January 24, 2016 at the age of 88. His body is chronologically frozen in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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 Oral history interview with Terry Winograd at Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.  Winograd describes his work in computer science, linguistics, and artificial intelligence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), discussing the work of Marvin Minsky and others.
 Scientist on the Set: An Interview with Marvin Minsky 
 Marvin Minsky Playlist  Appearance on WMBR's Dinnertime Sampler  radio show November 26, 2003
 Consciousness Is A Big Suitcase: A talk with Marvin Minsky
 Video of Minsky speaking at the International Conference on Complex Systems, hosted by the New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) 

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