We turn to quantities when we can't compare the qualities of things. Marvin Minsky More Quotes by Marvin Minsky More Quotes From Marvin Minsky There was a failure to recognize the deep problems in AI; for instance, those captured in Blocks World. The people building physical robots learned nothing. Marvin Minsky robotsblockpeople Everything, including that which happens in our brains, depends on these and only on these: A set of fixed, deterministic laws. Marvin Minsky free-willlawbrain I cannot articulate enough to express my dislike to people who think that understanding spoils your experience... How would they know? Marvin Minsky humorouspeoplethinking Each practitioner thinks there's one magic way to get a machine to be smart, and so they're all wasting their time in a sense. On the other hand, each of them is improving some particular method, so maybe someday in the near future, or maybe it's two generations away, someone else will come around and say, "Let's put all these together," and then it will be smart. Marvin Minsky smarthandsthinking Minds are simply what brains do. Marvin Minsky mindbrain The brain happens to be a meat machine. Marvin Minsky machinesmeatbrain In general, we’re least aware of what our minds do best. Marvin Minsky rationalitymind All intelligent problem solvers are subject to the same ultimate constraints - limitations on space, time, and materials. Marvin Minsky intelligentspaceproblem 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. Marvin Minsky luckypetmight Computer languages of the future will be more concerned with goals and less with procedures specified by the programmer. Marvin Minsky computerlanguagegoal Experience has shown that science frequently develops most fruitfully once we learn to examine the things that seem the simplest, instead of those that seem the most mysterious. Marvin Minsky simplestmysteriousseems How many processes are going on, to keep that teacup level in your grasp? There must be a hundred of them. Marvin Minsky hundredlevelsprocess Will robots inherit the earth? Yes, but they will be our children. Marvin Minsky robotsearthchildren 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 exceptions, dispositions and tendencies, balances and checks. Marvin Minsky common-sensesimpleideas We rarely recognize how wonderful it is that a person can traverse an entire lifetime without making a single really serious mistake — like putting a fork in one's eye or using a window instead of a door. Marvin Minsky eyemistakedoors Imagine what it would be like if TV actually were good. It would be the end of everything we know. Marvin Minsky tvswould-betelevision It would be as useless to perceive how things 'actually look' as it would be to watch the random dots on untuned television screens. Marvin Minsky would-bewatchesscience It's ridiculous to live 100 years and only be able to remember 30 million bytes. You know, less than a compact disc. The human condition is really becoming more obsolete every minute. Marvin Minsky abletechnologyyears There are three basic approaches to AI: Case-based, rule-based, and connectionist reasoning. Marvin Minsky casesapproachthree One can acquire certainty only by amputating inquiry. Marvin Minsky acquireinquirycertainty
