Book · recommended on 1 episode
Finite and Infinite Machines
Marvin Minsky ISBN 0131654497
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Marvin Minsky ISBN 0131654497
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This book by Marvin Minsky came up once on Lex Fridman in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Rodney Brooks. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“marvin minsky very well known in ai but also a fantastic mathematician in his book finite and infinite machines from the mid 60s which is a beautiful beautiful mathematical book”— Rodney Brooks
The guest here is Rodney Brooks: One of the most influential roboticists in history; he led MIT's CSAIL and co-founded iRobot (Roomba), Rethink Robotics (Baxter, Sawyer), and Robust.AI. Known for legit real-world engineering and contrarian critiques of AI hype. Legendary roboticist Rodney Brooks pushes back on AI hype while tracing the deep history and stubborn hard problems of building real-world robots.
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