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“I don’t know what they think I do,” Minsky said. “I make up theories of how the mind works and when I’m lucky enough, I have some students who make careers out
by davi 13y ago
“I don’t know what they think I do,” Minsky said. “I make up theories of how the mind works and when I’m lucky enough, I have some students who make careers out of that.”
As a guy with a lab, the idea of thinking of how the mind works from time to time and then having students make a career of that idea is fairly humbling.
- leoc 13y agoIt's not exactly the whole story. Even in the '60s and '70s the AI labs faced big battles to retain their funding, and IIRC Minsky has a reputation as a pretty rough rider in those struggles.