Once the computers got control, we might never get it back. We would survive at their sufferance. If we're lucky, they might decide to keep us as pets.
I bet the human brain is a kludge - Marvin Minsky
I bet the human brain is a kludge
- Marvin Minsky
No computer has ever been designed that is ever aware of what it's doing; but most of the time, we aren't either. - Marvin Minsky
No computer has ever been designed that is ever aware of what it's doing; but most of the time, we aren't either.
But the big feature of human-level intelligence is not what it does when it is works but what it does when it's stuck. - Marvin Minsky
But the big feature of human-level intelligence is not what it does when it is works but what it does when it's stuck.
Common sense is not a simple thing. Instead, it is an immense society of hard-earned practical ideas - of multitudes of life-learned rules and except… - Marvin Minsky
Common sense is not a simple thing. Instead, it is an immense society of hard-earned practical ideas - of multitudes of life-learned rules and except…
One can acquire certainty only by amputating inquiry. - Marvin Minsky
One can acquire certainty only by amputating inquiry.
Will robots inherit the earth? Yes, but they will be our children. - Marvin Minsky
Will robots inherit the earth? Yes, but they will be our children.
Speed is what distinguishes intelligence. No bird discovers how to fly: evolution used a trillion bird-years to 'discover' that – where merely hundre… - Marvin Minsky
Speed is what distinguishes intelligence. No bird discovers how to fly: evolution used a trillion bird-years to 'discover' that – where merely hundre…
In general, we’re least aware of what our minds do best. - Marvin Minsky
In general, we’re least aware of what our minds do best.
If you understand something in only one way, then you don't really understand it at all. The secret of what anything means to us depends on how we've… - Marvin Minsky
If you understand something in only one way, then you don't really understand it at all. The secret of what anything means to us depends on how we've…
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