eBook - ePub
On Intelligence
How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines
- 284 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
On Intelligence
How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines
About this book
The inventor of the PalmPilot shares a compelling new theory of intelligence, brain function, and the future of artificial intelligence.
Tech innovator Jeff Hawkins reshaped our relationship to computers with devices like the PalmPilot. Now he stands ready to revolutionize both neuroscience and computing in one stroke, with a new understanding of intelligence itself. In this book, Hawkins develops a powerful theory of human cognition and explains how, based on his theory, we can finally build intelligent machines.
According to Hawkins, the brain is a complex system that remembers sequences of events and their nested relationships. This style of organization reflects the true structure of the world and allows us to make increasingly accurate predictions. This memory-prediction process in turn forms the basis of intelligence, perception, creativity, and even consciousness.
In an engaging style accessible to the general reader, Hawkins shows how a clear understanding of brain function can be applied to building intelligent machines, in silicon, that will exceed our human ability in surprising ways. Written with acclaimed science writer Sandra Blakeslee, On Intelligence is a landmark book in its scope and clarity.
"Brilliant and imbued with startling clarity . . . the most important book in neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence in a generation." —Malcolm Young, University of Newcastle
Tech innovator Jeff Hawkins reshaped our relationship to computers with devices like the PalmPilot. Now he stands ready to revolutionize both neuroscience and computing in one stroke, with a new understanding of intelligence itself. In this book, Hawkins develops a powerful theory of human cognition and explains how, based on his theory, we can finally build intelligent machines.
According to Hawkins, the brain is a complex system that remembers sequences of events and their nested relationships. This style of organization reflects the true structure of the world and allows us to make increasingly accurate predictions. This memory-prediction process in turn forms the basis of intelligence, perception, creativity, and even consciousness.
In an engaging style accessible to the general reader, Hawkins shows how a clear understanding of brain function can be applied to building intelligent machines, in silicon, that will exceed our human ability in surprising ways. Written with acclaimed science writer Sandra Blakeslee, On Intelligence is a landmark book in its scope and clarity.
"Brilliant and imbued with startling clarity . . . the most important book in neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence in a generation." —Malcolm Young, University of Newcastle
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Notice
- Prologue
- 1. Artificial Intelligence
- 2. Neural Networks
- 3. The Human Brain
- 4. Memory
- 5. A New Framework of Intelligence
- 6. How the Cortex Works
- 7. Consciousness and Creativity
- 8. The Future of Intelligence
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Testable Predictions
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Authors
- Newsletter Sign-up
- Contents
- Copyright