When Wolfram showed Wolfram Alpha to Marvin Minsky (the same AI pioneer who had dismissed neural networks in the 1960s) just before its release in 2009, Minsky initially dismissed it as just another failed question-answering system, but when shown a few examples, Minsky became enthusiastic and started telling others 'You've got to see this. It actually works.'
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“I was a couple of weeks before we released Wolf from Alpha. I happened to see Marvin Minsky, who I mentioned earlier, who was sort of a big AI pioneer. And so I say to Marvin, we got this cool new thing that's coming out, you know, let me show it to you.”
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The AI Expert: "Super AI Will Be Unstoppable!" – What’s Coming NEXT | Stephen Wolfram— Sean KimCreated: 8/11/2026, 5:31:42 AM
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