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Cognitive scientist; co-founder of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
United States · 1927–2016
Marvin Minsky was an American mathematician and cognitive scientist who co-founded the artificial intelligence laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His books include The Society of Mind, and he received the Turing Award in 1969.
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People don’t have the slightest idea about how they do reasoning, and intuition is a polite word for guessing. And some people think that there’s some special kind of intuition which gives you the right answer in a magical way.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, 4 May 2001 source ↗
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