Marvin Minsky

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artificial intelligence researcher author cognitive scientist computer scientist human inventor university teacher

Marvin Minsky was an American cognitive scientist and pioneering artificial intelligence researcher who co-founded MIT's AI Laboratory and made foundational contributions to the theory and philosophy of AI.

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artificial intelligence researcher → author → cognitive scientist → computer scientist → human → inventor → university teacher →
awardReceived	Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science → Japan Prize → RoboCup Scientific Award → Turing Award →
causeOfDeath	cerebral hemorrhage →
coFounded	MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory → MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1927-08-09 →
dateOfDeath	2016-01-24 →
developed	early AI problem-solving programs → early neural network theories →
educatedAt	Harvard University → Princeton University →
employer	Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
familyName	Minsky →
fieldOfWork	artificial intelligence → cognitive science → computer science → philosophy of mind → robotics →
givenName	Marvin →
hasChild	Henry Minsky → Juliana Minsky → Margaret Minsky →
influenced	artificial intelligence research community → cognitive science community →
influencedBy	Alan Turing → John von Neumann → Norbert Wiener →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Engineering → National Academy of Sciences →
notableIdea	critique of perceptrons → frame theory in AI → society of mind theory →
notableStudent	Gerald Jay Sussman → Patrick Winston →
notableWork	Perceptrons → Semantic Information Processing → The Emotion Machine → The Society of Mind →
patentHolder	confocal scanning microscope → head-mounted graphical display →
placeOfBirth	New York → New York City → United States of America →
placeOfDeath	Boston → Massachusetts → United States of America →
religion	Judaism →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Gloria Rudisch →
workLocation	Cambridge, Massachusetts →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Perceptrons → Society of Mind →	author
Manuel Blum →	doctoralAdvisor
Perceptrons →	hasCoauthor
Minsky →	hasNotableBearer
Turing Award →	hasNotableRecipient