A thousand brains : a new theory of intelligence / Jeff Hawkins ; with a foreword by Richard Dawkins

By: Hawkins, JeffMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Basic Books, c2021. Description: xiii, 272 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781541675810Subject(s): Brain | Intellect | Artificial intelligenceDDC classification: 612.82 HAW

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Contents Include:

forward by Richard Dawkins

Part 1: A new understanding of the brain

1. Old brain - new brain
2. Vernon Mountcastle's big idea
3. A model of the world in your head
4. The brain reveals its secrets
5. Maps in the brain
6. Concepts, language, and high-level thinking
7. The thousand brains theory of intelligence

Part 2: Machine intelligence

8. Why there is no "I" in AI
9. When machines are conscious
10. The future of machine intelligence
11. The existential risks of machine intelligence

Part 3: Human intelligence

12. False beliefs
13. The existential risks of human intelligence
14. Merging brains and machines
15. Estate planning for humanity
16. Genes versus knowledge

Includes index.

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