Marvin Minksy, explorer for AI, passes away

Q.  Which famous figure associated with artificial intelligence recently passed away?
- Published on 27 Jan 16

a. Marvin Minsky
b. Stuart Russel
c. Yann LeCunn
d. Yoshua Bengio

ANSWER: Marvin Minsky
 
Marvin Minsky combined scientist’s thirst for knowledge with the quest for truth as a pioneering explorer of artificial intelligence. He has passed away on January 24 at the age of 88. The cause of death was cerebral haemorrhage. Prior to the advent of the microprocessor and the supercomputer, Minsky a revered computer science educator in 1959 co founded MIT Artificial Intelligence Project called Artificial Intelligence Laboratory with college John McCarthy.

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