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Marvin Minsky is Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research has led to many advances in artificial intelligence, psychology, physical optics, mathematics, and the theory of computation. He has made major contributions in the domains of computer graphics, knowledge and semantics, machine vision, and machine learning. He has also been involved with technologies for space exploration.Professor Minsky is one of the pioneers of intelligence-based robotics. He designed and built some of the first mechanical hands with tactile sensors, visual scanners,... Read full bio

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ZDNet, May 9, 2013
...techniques of an Indian guru and the impact of the self-actualisation movement on Silicon Valley; a paraphrase of Marvin Minsky suggesting that the rich should fund projects to develop artificial hearts; and an account of an obscure composer called...
KCET, April 11, 2013
...attracted an equally distinguished group of critics and scientists including Harold Bloom, Leslie Fiedler, Fredric Jameson, Harry Levin, Marvin Minsky and Robert Scholes. Some highlights from the schedule for the upcoming 2013 conference: ...
World News Network, April 1, 2013
...Ray Kurzweil "How to Create a Mind", Authors at Google How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed About the book: In How to Cre... published: 19 Nov 2012 author: Ray Kurzweil "How to Create a Mind", Authors at Google views:...
Business Wire, March 4, 2013
...inventor, co-founder, Singularity University, and author of How to Create a Mind and The Singularity is Near. Dr. Marvin Minsky — A.I. pioneer, professor of Media Arts and Science, MIT Media Lab. Dr. George Church — Harvard University PhD, molecular...
CBC, August 15, 2012
...was published in 1960 and spawned a series. He went on to pen several novels with collaborators, including Marvin Minsky, David Harris and John Holm. Harrison was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He was...
Seeking Alpha, July 16, 2012
...truly worried about thinking machines eating your lunch in a multi-day or multi-week time frame, don't be. Marvin Minsky, a noted forefather in the Artificial Intelligence field - a very confident AI optimist 15 to 20 years ago - recently admitted the...
Times Union, June 4, 2013
...Goertzel — Anthroids (Humanlike Robots) for Telepresence, Mind Uploading and General Intelligence 15.55 — 16.15 Dr. Marvin Minsky — [Presentation Title To Be Announced] 16.15 — 16.40 Dr. Martine Rothblatt — The Goal of Technology is the End...
BizWire Express, June 3, 2013
...Goertzel — Anthroids (Humanlike Robots) for Telepresence, Mind Uploading and General Intelligence 15.55 — 16.15 Dr. Marvin Minsky — [Presentation Title To Be Announced] 16.15 — 16.40 Dr. Martine Rothblatt — The Goal of Technology is the End...
Review Seeker, June 3, 2013
...Dr. Ben Goertzel Anthroids (Humanlike Robots) for Telepresence, Mind Uploading and General Intelligence 15.55 16.15 Dr. Marvin Minsky Presentation Title To Be Announced 16.15 16.40 Dr. Martine Rothblatt The Goal of Technology is the End of Death ...
Tutorial Finder, June 3, 2013
...Dr. Ben Goertzel Anthroids (Humanlike Robots) for Telepresence, Mind Uploading and General Intelligence 15.55 16.15 Dr. Marvin Minsky Presentation Title To Be Announced 16.15 16.40 Dr. Martine Rothblatt The Goal of Technology is the End of Death 16.40...
Digital Journal, June 3, 2013
...Goertzel — Anthroids (Humanlike Robots) for Telepresence, Mind Uploading and General Intelligence 15.55 — 16.15 Dr. Marvin Minsky — [Presentation Title To Be Announced] 16.15 — 16.40 Dr. Martine Rothblatt — The Goal of Technology is the End...
PRWeb, June 3, 2013
...Goertzel — Anthroids (Humanlike Robots) for Telepresence, Mind Uploading and General Intelligence 15.55 — 16.15 Dr. Marvin Minsky — [Presentation Title To Be Announced] 16.15 — 16.40 Dr. Martine Rothblatt — The Goal of Technology is the End...
REASON Online, June 3, 2013
...Participants in the conference include Harvard genetics maven George Church, X Prize visionary Peter Diamandis, MIT computer genius Marvin Minsky, and Singularity prophet Ray Kurzweil, among others. What motivates Itskov to pursue this audacious goal?...