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A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
A bestselling author, neuroscientist, and computer engineer unveils a theory of intelligence that will revolutionize our understanding of the brain and the future of AI.
For all of neuroscience's advances, we've made little progress on its biggest question: How do simple cells in the brain create intelligence?
Jeff Hawkins and his team discovered that the brain uses maplike structures to build a model of the world--not just one model, but hundreds of thousands of models of everything we know. This discovery allows Hawkins to answer important questions about how we perceive the world, why we have a sense of self, and the origin of high-level thought.
A Thousand Brains heralds a revolution in the understanding of intelligence. It is a big-think book, in every sense of the word.
One of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2021
One of Bill Gates' Five Favorite Books of 2021
Book Details
- Publisher: Basic Books
- Publish Date: Oct 25th, 2022
- Pages: 288
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.10in - 5.40in - 0.80in - 0.50lb
- EAN: 9781541675797
- Categories: • Artificial Intelligence - General• Life Sciences - Neuroscience• Free Will & Determinism
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What people are saying
Bill Gates is an entrepreneur, business leader, and philanthropist.
Understanding how the connections in our brains give rise to consciousness and our ability to learn may help lead to great breakthroughs in the way we solve the world’s hardest problems. This is one of the most fascinating books I read this year.
Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist and author.
I contributed the Foreword to Jeff Hawkins’ landmark new book A Thousand Brains, A New Theory of Intelligence which goes on sale today. Anyone interested in brains, AI, & humanity’s future should read it. In my Foreword, I said the book is brilliant & exhilarating. I meant it.
Marty Swant is a senior reporter at Digiday.
Bill Gates says three books about AI have shaped his thoughts on the topic: •Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom •Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark •A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins Who else has read them? I recently started the third & curious about the others. https://t.co/iQ2mEdPteW
Praise for this book
--John Thornhill, Financial Times
--Bill Gates
What people are saying
Bill Gates is an entrepreneur, business leader, and philanthropist.
Understanding how the connections in our brains give rise to consciousness and our ability to learn may help lead to great breakthroughs in the way we solve the world’s hardest problems. This is one of the most fascinating books I read this year.
Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist and author.
I contributed the Foreword to Jeff Hawkins’ landmark new book A Thousand Brains, A New Theory of Intelligence which goes on sale today. Anyone interested in brains, AI, & humanity’s future should read it. In my Foreword, I said the book is brilliant & exhilarating. I meant it.