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Marvin Minsky in 2008
Marvin Lee Minsky
(August 9, 1927 – January 24, 2016) was an
American
cognitive scientist
in the field of
artificial intelligence
(AI).
[1]
He was the co-founder of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
's AI laboratory, and author of several texts on AI and philosophy.
[2]
He won the
Turing Award
in 1969.
Minskey was born in
New York City
,
New York
. He studied at
Phillips Academy
,
Harvard University
and at
Princeton University
. Minskey died in
Boston
,
Massachusetts
of a
cerebral hemorrhage
on January 24, 2016 at the age of 88.
[3]
His body is
chronologically frozen
in
Scottsdale, Arizona
.
[4]
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