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Society of Mind by Marvin Minsky
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Society of Mind (original 1986; edition 1988)

by Marvin Minsky

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Contains animated graphics, over 100 minutes of archival QuickTime video, and Minsky's theories about how the mind works.
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Title:Society of Mind
Authors:Marvin Minsky
Info:Simon & Schuster (1988), Paperback, 336 pages
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Rating:*****
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I first read this when I was experimenting with chatbots in the early 1990's. It's more or less how a computer scientist sees child psychology, with the goal of describing how the mind works. It's pretty much full of profound BS, but there are a few gems hidden in the weeds. It was worth a re-read, if only to remember how much thinking about thinking has not really changed in forty years."Reductionist" doesn't do it justice - when all you have is a communication channel, everything looks like a network. ( )
  dhaxton | Jan 19, 2024 |
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  pszolovits | Feb 3, 2021 |
A book like no other. 270 one-page essays carefully outlining Minsky's theory of the mind. These range in topic and complexity from casual anecdotes and folk reasoning to dense, neologism-laden academic work. Minsky's style is crisp and enjoyable, so he helps you swim through the difficult stuff. It all feels like a text whose aphoristic tone and broad scope will reward each return to it, saying more than it seems to say at first. ( )
  mrgan | Oct 30, 2017 |
For anyone interested in the nature of his or her mind and how it functions this is a basic book. Although decades have passed and much work has been done in the higher reaches of the theory and science suggested in this book, it remains a useful basic reader. To just see the complexity suggested (and arguments remain about there being less complex descriptions of the mind) is a useful provocation. The clarity of Minsky's presentation, he breaks down his larger ideas into pieces that will fit on a page, often with supporting graphics, is one good reason for this work to still be considered. Sections on Space, Seeing and Believing, are of special concern to photographers, but should not be isolated from the many other mental processes involved in our daily approach to life.
  j-b-colson | Sep 18, 2012 |
Human nature as seen by a computer scientist. Minsky goes for breadth, at the severe expense of depth. ( )
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