A Thousand Brains

A New Theory of Intelligence

De: Jeff Hawkins, Richard Dawkins - foreword

Narrado por: Jamie Renell, Richard Dawkins

A best-selling 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 map-like 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.

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©2021 Jeff Hawkins (P)2021 Basic Books

Great until the 3rd part

The discussion on the structure and the functions of the brain were fascinating. I was, however, less interested in the authors musings on how his work should factor into artificial intelligence.

Very Insightful Reading

It was a pleasure to listen to this audiobook. Opening my mind to how the brain works and how that impacts us in everything.

Highly recommend this book

A Thousand Brains

This was a great read that provided many Imintriguing theories. It provided both hope and potential sadness for the future.

Fascinating

I usually read/listen to two or three non-fiction books a year and was surprised at how quickly I finished it. It is completely engrossing and enlightening. Like most theoretical physics books and philosophy I do not have the expertise to truly understand or varify the information provided. This books message has that simple instinctive ring of truth that usually soon accompanies common knowledge.

Great Read for Intriguing New Ideas

I was hoping to get more coverage of the Thousand Brains theory in the book, but it's still worth a listen.

The theory is interesting

The second essay/conjecture part is meah. Wish he just stuck to the science and provided more details on machine reproductions

Mind blowing

Jeff Hawkins has done it again, giving us more insight into the functioning of the brain. He goes all the way this time laying a convincing foundation for the underlying algorithm of the neocortex. He also goes further - much much further to the implications and future of humanity. A truly eye opening and potentially game changing read.

Interesting concept

The author covers a lot of material, ideas and analogies. It was more than I expected.

Mind expanding and mind evolving

I find the idea that the brain contains many many areas each creating and enhancing models of boots of the world around us and then linking to make a fuller and more complex model is very exciting to me.
While he transitions to ideas that may be considered political, I would agree with him that they are basically fact based and certainly thought provoking.

Thought Provoking

Great book that’s read well. Would definitely recommend this to anyone interested in neuroscience or machine learning.