Marvin Minsky
Marvin Lee Minsky (August 9, 1927 – January 24, 2016) was an American cognitive and computer scientist concerned largely with research of artificial intelligence (AI), co-founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's AI laboratory, and author of several texts concerning AI and philosophy.
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Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | August 9, 1927
Died | January 24, 2016 88) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged
Education | Harvard University (BA) Princeton University (MA, PhD) |
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Gloria Rudisch (m. 1952) |
Children | 3 |
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Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Thesis | Theory of Neural-Analog Reinforcement Systems and Its Application to the Brain Model Problem (1954) |
Doctoral advisor | Albert W. Tucker |
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Website | web |
Minsky received many accolades and honors, including the 1969 Turing Award.
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