![]() in mathematics at Harvard (1950) and Princeton (1954). His conception of human intellectual structure and function is presented in two books: The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind and The Society of Mind (which is also the title of the course he teaches at MIT). In recent years he has worked chiefly on imparting to machines the human capacity for commonsense reasoning. Marvin Minsky has made many contributions to AI, cognitive psychology, mathematics, computational linguistics, robotics, and optics. To show your support you can write a review on iTunes, make a direct donation, or become a patron on Patreon. I hope that you enjoy this brief but rare opportunity as much as I did!ĭuring our conversation with Marvin Minsky we cover a variety of interesting topics such as: how he moved from biology and mathematics to Artificial Intelligence his personal motivation and most proud accomplishment the importance of science fiction – in general, and his take on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein – in particular the Turing Test the importance of theory of mind the Human Brain Project the technological singularity and why he thinks that progress in AI has stalled his personal advice to young AI researchers…Īs always you can listen to or download the audio file above or scroll down and watch the video interview in full. ![]() A week later, though still recovering, Marvin generously gave me a 30 min interview while attending the ISTAS13 Veilance conference in Toronto. ![]() Minsky had bronchitis and consequently had to speak via video. I was hoping that I will finally get my chance at the GF2045 conference in NY City. Marvin Minsky is often called the Father of Artificial Intelligence and I have been looking for an opportunity to interview him for years. Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
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