Marvin Minsky

Created the SNARC: The First Neural Network Simulator

1951

The SNARC is a device that used a random network of neurons that were used to simulate brain memory. It is thought of as one of the first forms of Artificial Intelligence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo68UjlWj8Y

Created the Confocal Scanning Microscope

1955

Marvin Minsky created the Confocal Scanning Microscope. This is a device that allowed the user to focus only on what is in focus of the microscope and blacked out everything that was out of view. https://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/papers/ConfocalMemoir.html

Wrote "Steps Toward Artificial Intelligence"

1960

Steps Toward Artificial Intelligence was a paper that outlined the past of AI. Minsky analyzed what has been developed, researched and what was understood. He then used that to help bridge the gap as to what is needed to propel AI forward in the future. https://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/papers/steps.html

First head-mounted graphical display

1963

The head-mounted graphical display is a device that is worn on the head the projects graphics into the users eyes. Although Minsky's device was no where near as advanced as todays VR headsets, it had the same concept. His developments helped advance head-mounted graphical displays. (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2020, from https://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/minskybiog.html

Concept of Binary-Tree Robotic Manipulator

1963

(n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2020, from https://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/minskybiog.html

Serpentine Hydraulic Robot Arm

1967

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuXQPdd0hjI (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2020, from https://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/minskybiog.html

Published "Semantic Information Processing"

1967

This book collected and analyzed experiments that were involved in developing intelligent machines. it focused on the achievements as well as the limitations of their programs. The MIT Press. (n.d.). Semantic Information Processing. Retrieved November 15, 2020, from https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/semantic-information-processing

Published "Perceptrons"

1969

https://www.webofstories.com/play/marvin.minsky/121;jsessionid=C98B0E6FA66D0D595C503FA2B3E8A1DC (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2020, from https://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/minskybiog.html

Received the Turing Award

1969

Marvin Minsky received the Turing Award for his advancements and developments of the Artificial Intelligence field. The Turing Award is one of the most prestigious awards given in science and technology. Marvin Minsky. (n.d.). Retrieved November 15, 2020, from https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/minsky_7440781.cfm

The "Muse" Musical Variations Synthesizer

1970

(n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2020, from https://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/minskybiog.html

First LOGO "turtle" device

1972

The "turtle" device was a device that was commanded using the LOGO language that gave the device commands with simple terms that would cause it to move in basic directions. https://theconversation.com/this-little-known-pioneering-educator-put-coding-in-the-classroom-63971 Seymour Papert, Logo Turtles, and the Origin of Educational Robots. (2019, October 21). Retrieved November 15, 2020, from https://news.elearninginside.com/seymour-papert-logo-turtles-and-the-origin-of-educational-robots/

Wrote "A Framework for Representing Knowledge"

1974

"A Framework For Representing Knowledge" is a paper that explains an idea Minsky has, called the Theory of Frames which summarizes two things; situations can be represented by slot filling values and many slots can be filled with descriptions in a class hierarchy. https://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/papers/Frames/frames.html Marvin Minsky. (n.d.). Retrieved November 15, 2020, from https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/minsky_7440781.cfm

Published "The Society of Mind"

1987

The book "The Society of Mind" expresses the mind as a "society" of small components that are mindless themselves. He develops this idea as "The Society of Mind" is an intellectual puzzle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLNUSrkW9-8 The Society of Mind by Marvin Minsky. (1988, March 15). Retrieved November 15, 2020, from https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/326790.The_Society_of_Mind

Published "The Turing Option"

1992

The Turing Option is a science fiction book written by Minsky and Harry Harrison. The main characters are geniuses that develop machines that are capable of spontaneous thought. The Turing Option by Harry Harrison. (1993, October 01). Retrieved November 15, 2020, from https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1807642.The_Turing_Option

Published "The Emotion Machine"

2006

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mDclZC7Mok] (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2020, from https://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/minskybiog.html