Marvin Minsky
American cognitive scientist (1927-2016)
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Videos Mentioning Marvin Minsky
AI Fails at 96% of Jobs (New Study)
ColdFusion
AI pioneer cited in a historical critique of progress in AI
Anthony Pompliano: Bitcoin | Lex Fridman Podcast #171
Lex Fridman
A pioneering AI scientist, quoted for his belief that 'the secret to success is hating everything you've ever done,' representing a mindset of relentless self-criticism and improvement.
Jason Calacanis on Brooklyn Grit, Big Asks, The Magic of Thinking Big, and More
Tim Ferriss
A computer scientist and AI pioneer, mentioned as someone who discussed the 'faster, better, cheaper' concept at a conference, influencing Jason's business strategy.
Making Sense of Artificial Intelligence
Sam Harris
Pioneer in artificial intelligence, known for his books on the subject.
Douglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #221
Lex Fridman
A seminal figure in AI, part of the 1984 meeting to estimate common sense knowledge. Lenat shares anecdotes about Minsky's methods and influence.
Joscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #101
Lex Fridman
Pioneering AI researcher who believed that everything could be built from logical grammatical constructs and focused on common sense reasoning.
Jaron Lanier: Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #218
Lex Fridman
Lanier's main mentor who was a principal author of the 'computer as creature' rhetoric, famous for populating AI culture with many of its tropes.
Rodney Brooks: Robotics | Lex Fridman Podcast #217
Lex Fridman
Influential AI pioneer and mathematician, described as struggling with the definition of computation and later co-authored 'Perceptrons'.
Bret Weinstein: Truth, Science, and Censorship in the Time of a Pandemic | Lex Fridman Podcast #194
Lex Fridman
Pioneering AI scientist who believed the key to a productive life is to 'hate everything you've ever done in the past,' resonating with Bret Weinstein's self-critical approach to his work.
Rob Reid: The Existential Threat of Engineered Viruses and Lab Leaks | Lex Fridman Podcast #193
Lex Fridman
MIT professor known for his work in AI, cited for his advice to scientists to 'hate everything you've ever done' as a key to success.
What is Wolfram Language? (Stephen Wolfram) | AI Podcast Clips
Lex Fridman
A well-known AI figure from MIT, who was shown a demonstration of Wolfram Alpha's question-answering capabilities and was impressed.
Charles Isbell and Michael Littman: Machine Learning and Education | Lex Fridman Podcast #148
Lex Fridman
A pioneer in AI, whose advice on hating everything one does in academic research resonated with Michael Littman.
Stephen Wolfram: Cellular Automata, Computation, and Physics | Lex Fridman Podcast #89
Lex Fridman
A pioneer in artificial intelligence, co-founder of the MIT AI Laboratory. Initially skeptical of Wolfram Alpha but became convinced of its capabilities.
Dr. Martine Rothblatt — The Incredible Polymath of Polymaths | The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss
Often considered the father of artificial intelligence and author of 'The Emotion Machine,' which details how to create a computer with emotions.
Ryan Schiller: Librex and the Free Exchange of Ideas on College Campuses | Lex Fridman Podcast #172
Lex Fridman
A pivotal figure in AI research, whose name was allegedly 'dragged through the mud' in discussions concerning his interaction with Jeffrey Epstein, highlighting the need for open dialogue on controversial academic figures.
Consciousness is Not a Computation (Roger Penrose) | AI Podcast Clips
Lex Fridman
Co-founder of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, mentioned in the context of discussions about AI and computer capabilities.
Stephen Wolfram: Computational Universe | MIT 6.S099: Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
Lex Fridman
A pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, a friend of Wolfram who was initially skeptical but eventually understood the utility of Wolfram Alpha.
Yann LeCun: Deep Learning, ConvNets, and Self-Supervised Learning | Lex Fridman Podcast #36
Lex Fridman
Co-authored 'Perceptron' with Seymour Papert, and is mentioned in the context of the AI winter of the 1990s.
Impostor Syndrome - Pave Your Own Path | AMA #4 - Ask Me Anything with Lex Fridman
Lex Fridman
A computer scientist who reportedly stated he hated everything he ever done, cited as an example of extreme self-criticism that can be useful for motivation.
John Hopfield: Physics View of the Mind and Neurobiology | Lex Fridman Podcast #76
Lex Fridman
A pioneer in AI, known for his views on consciousness, which he considered overrated and possibly an epiphenomenon, with the real computation happening subconsciously.
Manolis Kellis: Origin of Life, Humans, Ideas, Suffering, and Happiness | Lex Fridman Podcast #123
Lex Fridman
AI pioneer, who believed in never being completely happy with one's achievements as a motivator for continuous work.
François Chollet: Measures of Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #120
Lex Fridman
Early AI researcher who subscribed to the view of the mind as a collection of static, special-purpose mechanisms, reflecting the mainframe computer metaphor.
Noam Chomsky: Language, Cognition, and Deep Learning | Lex Fridman Podcast #53
Lex Fridman
A cognitive scientist and AI pioneer who conducted an experiment with Turing machines, suggesting a basis for universal communication with aliens through arithmetic.
Ray Kurzweil: Future of Intelligence | MIT 6.S099: Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
Lex Fridman
Co-founder of the AI field, associated with the symbolic school of AI, and Ray Kurzweil's mentor.