Oral history interview with Marvin Lee Minsky, 1989 Nov. 1.

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Oral history interview with Marvin Lee Minsky, 1989 Nov. 1.

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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 timesharing; 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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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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United States. Advanced Research Projects Agency

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