Marvin Minsky

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  • “If you just have a single problem to solve, then fine, go ahead and use a neural network. But if you want to do science and understand how to choose architectures, or how to go to a new problem, you have to understand what different architectures can and cannot do.” -Marvin Minsky

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  • “Kubrick’s vision seemed to be that humans are doomed, whereas Clarke’s is that humans are moving on to a better stage of evolution.” -Marvin Minsky

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  • “I think Lenat is headed in the right direction, but someone needs to include a knowledge base about learning.” -Marvin Minsky

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  • “I think Lenat is headed in the right direction, but someone needs to include a knowledge base about learning.” -Marvin Minsky

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  • “There was a failure to recognize the deep problems in AI for instance, those captured in Blocks World. The people building physical robots learned nothing.” -Marvin Minsky

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  • “Societies need rules that make no sense for individuals. For example, it makes no difference whether a single car drives on the left or on the right. But it makes all the difference when there are many cars!” -Marvin Minsky

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