On Intelligence
How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines
Ranked #6 in Neural Networks, Ranked #11 in Artificial Intelligence — see more rankings.
Jeff Hawkins, the man who created the PalmPilot, Treo smart phone, and other handheld devices, has reshaped our relationship to computers. Now he stands ready to revolutionize both neuroscience and computing in one stroke, with a new understanding of intelligence itself.
Hawkins develops a powerful theory of how the human brain works, explaining why computers are not intelligent and how, based on this new theory, we can... more
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Joan Boixados I’m reading “On intelligence” by Jeff Hawkins. I am really enjoying it. It’s a very specific theory of how our brain learns and makes predictions (the root of our intelligence) explained for average people unfamiliar with the field. It’s also very related to computer science and artificial intelligence since it tried to prove the current approaches to those are flawed. I’m getting a better understanding of how our brain works and how does our behaviour affects our thinking as much as our thinking affects our behaviour. Thus, it’s interesting to connect it with the idea of habits and how we... (Source)
Rankings by Category
On Intelligence is ranked in the following categories:
- #46 in Brain
- #69 in Cognitive Psychology
- #66 in Futurism
- #46 in Human Brain
- #15 in Intelligence
- #46 in Machine Learning
- #91 in Mind
- #36 in Neurology
- #28 in Neuroscience
- #14 in Nuclear Physics
- #45 in Singularity
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