1969 AD
Perceptrons and the limits of a class of networks
Artificial intelligence · Neural networks
Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert published a mathematical analysis of perceptrons’ capabilities and limitations for specific tasks. The book influenced debate about neural networks; its results did not establish the impossibility of all architectures or alone explain subsequent funding cuts.
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- 2026-09-20
- Dating note
- First edition in 1969; the MIT Press page is for a reissue and explicitly describes the original publication.
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- 2017-09-22
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- 2026-09-20
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