Computer scientist
Marvin Minsky
Co-founded the MIT artificial intelligence laboratory and built the first randomly wired neural network machine in 1951.
Marvin Lee Minsky was an American mathematician who conducted research in the cognitive and computer science aspects of artificial intelligence (AI). After three years as a Junior Fellow of the Harvard Society of Fellows, Minsky joined the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1958 and spent the rest of his career at that institution. There, he co-founded MIT's AI laboratory, among other initiatives, and wrote extensively about AI and philosophy. Minsky, Claude Shannon, Nathaniel Rochester, and John McCarthy have been called the "fathers of AI" due to their participation in the Dartmouth workshop. At the time he was made emeritus, Minsky was the Toshiba Professor of Media Art & Sciences at MIT.
- Born
- 1927-08-09, New York, New York, USAA Tuesday
- Died
- 2016-01-24, Boston, Massachusetts, USAA Sunday, aged 88
- At birth
- Sun in Leo, Moon in Capricorn
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1927-08-09, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 16°03′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 0°52′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 27°04′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 22°54′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 9°37′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 3°05′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 1°02′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 3°02′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Leo | 26°18′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 16°15′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2016-01-24, Boston, Massachusetts, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 4°08′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 11°41′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 15°00′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Capricorn | 1°02′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 11°16′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 22°48′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 13°30′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 16°55′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 8°13′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 15°51′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Marvin Minsky was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.