Click here to read the full article about this pioneer in The New York Times.
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Thursday, 28 January 2016
Marvin Minsky - artificial intelligence pioneer has died at age of 88
Marvin Minsky, who combined a scientist’s thirst for knowledge with a philosopher’s quest for truth as a pioneering explorer of artificial intelligence, work that helped inspire the creation of the personal computer and the Internet, died on Sunday night in Boston. He was 88.
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