| Title: |
Marvin L. Minsky
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| Local code: |
OH 179
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Charles Babbage Institute
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| Collection: |
Charles Babbage Institute Oral History Program
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| Description: |
Minsky describes artificial intelligence (AI) research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Topics include: the work of John McCarthy; changes in the MIT research laboratories with the advent of Project MAC; research in the areas of expert systems, graphics, word processing, and time-sharing; variations in the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) attitude toward AI with changes in directorship; and the role of ARPA in AI research.
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| Extent: |
58 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=201
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1989 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Minsky, Marvin Lee, 1927-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1927
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| Speaker occupation: |
Electrical engineer; Researcher
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| Age at speaking: |
62
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| Document location: |
Cambridge, MA
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| Document date: |
01-Nov-1989
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| Interviewer: |
Norberg, Arthur L.
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| Organizations discussed: |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
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| Locations discussed: |
Cambridge, MA; Massachusetts; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Artificial intelligence; Cambridge, MA; Computer software; Electric engineering; Engineering; Information technology; Massachusetts; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; North America; Oral history; Research; Software engineering; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0024011-25554
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