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.

Foreword 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
Final Thoughts
Suggested Readings
Acknowledgments
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