Top 15 Marvin Minsky Quotes (VISIONARY)

Updated onDecember 1, 2023

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“It’s perfectly possible that we are the production of some very powerful complicated programs running on some big computer somewhere else. And there’s really no way to distinguish that from what we call reality.”
Marvin Minsky

You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way. — You don’t understand anything until you learn it more than one way.

But there’s a big difference between 'impossible' and 'hard to imagine.' The first is about it; the second is about you! — But there’s a big difference between ‘impossible’ and ‘hard to imagine.’ The first is about it; the second is about you!

General fiction is pretty much about ways that people get into problems and screw their lives up. Science fiction is about everything else.

Artificial intelligence is the science of making machines do things that would require intelligence if done by men. — Artificial intelligence is the science of making machines do things that would require intelligence if done by men.

No computer has ever been designed that is ever aware of what it's doing; but most of the time, we aren't either. — No computer has ever been designed that is ever aware of what it’s doing; but most of the time, we aren’t either.

Will robots inherit the earth Yes, but they will be our children. — Will robots inherit the earth? Yes, but they will be our children.

Within 10 years computers won't even keep us as pets. — Within 10 years computers won’t even keep us as pets.

In general, we’re least aware of what our minds do best.

Logic doesn't apply to the real world. — Logic doesn’t apply to the real world.

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“If you want a real meaning, and you can’t find one, it’s all very well to make one up — but I don’t see how that solves any problems. … Unless you say how God works, saying that God exists doesn’t explain anything.”
Marvin Minsky

You don't understand anything unless you understand there are at least 3 ways. — You don’t understand anything unless you understand there are at least 3 ways.

We’re in a possible world. There are other possible worlds — most of them are too chaotic to have anybody in them.

We'll show you that you can build a mind from many little parts, each mindless by itself. — We’ll show you that you can build a mind from many little parts, each mindless by itself.

The idea that the world exists is like adding an extra term to an equation that doesn’t belong there.

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