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A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins


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Jeff Hawkins' book "A Thousand Brains," which presents the Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence, a theory for how the neocortex works and how it learns a model of the world. Hawkins argues that the theory can explain how neurons learn and predict sequences, how the brain learns a model of the world through sensory-motor learning, and how the brain uses reference frames to store and manipulate knowledge. He also discusses the implications of his theory for artificial intelligence, consciousness, and the future of humanity. Hawkins asserts that AI will be fundamentally different than what most AI practitioners believe today and that understanding the brain is crucial to creating truly intelligent machines and understanding who we are.

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