Editing Marvin Minsky (section)

===Association with Jeffrey Epstein===

Minsky received a $100,000 research grant from [[Jeffrey Epstein]] in 2002, four years before Epstein's first arrest for sex offenses; it was the first from Epstein to MIT. Minsky received no further research grants from him.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Subbaraman|first=Nidhi|date=2020-01-10|title=MIT review of Epstein donations finds "significant mistakes of judgment"|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00072-x|journal=Nature|language=en|doi=10.1038/d41586-020-00072-x|pmid=33420402|s2cid=214375389}}</ref><ref name="jan2020">{{cite web |title=Report Concerning Jeffrey Epstein's Interactions with the Massachusetts Institute Of Technology|url=http://factfindingjan2020.mit.edu/files/MIT-report.pdf |date=January 10, 2020 |website=mit.edu |first1=Roberto M. |last1=Braceras |first2=Jennifer L. |last2=Chunias |first3=Kevin P. |last3=Martin|pages=9, 15}}</ref>

Minsky organized two academic symposia on Epstein's private island [[Little Saint James, U.S. Virgin Islands|Little Saint James]], one in 2002 and another in 2011, after Epstein was a registered sex offender.<ref name=":TheVerge">{{cite news|title=AI pioneer accused of having sex with trafficking victim on Jeffrey Epstein's island|url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/9/20798900/marvin-minsky-jeffrey-epstein-sex-trafficking-island-court-records-unsealed |date=August 9, 2019 |access-date=8 August 2019|newspaper=[[The Verge]]}}</ref> [[Virginia Roberts Giuffre|Virginia Giuffre]] testified in a 2015 deposition in her defamation lawsuit against Epstein's associate [[Ghislaine Maxwell]] that Maxwell "directed" her to have sex with Minsky, among others. There has been no allegation that sex between them took place nor a lawsuit against Minsky's estate.<ref name="beast">{{cite news|last=Briquelet|first=Kate|display-authors=etal|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|date=September 16, 2019|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-epstein-unsealed-documents-name-powerful-men-in-sex-ring|access-date=8 August 2019|title=Jeffrey Epstein Accuser Names Powerful Men in Alleged Sex Ring}}</ref> Minsky's widow, Gloria Rudisch, says that he could not have had sex with any of the women at Epstein's residences, as they were always together during all the visits to Epstein's residences.<ref name="timeGloria">{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5651186/jeffrey-epstein-investigation-co-conspirators/ |date=August 14, 2019 |access-date=July 28, 2019 |title=The Jeffrey Epstein Investigation Continues After His Death. Here's Who Else Could Be Investigated|last1=Carlistle|first1=Madeline|last2=Mansoor|first2=Sanya|quote=Minsky’s widow, Gloria Rudisch, denied he had sex with Giuffre or any other girls|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref>