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On Intelligence (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for On IntelligenceFrom the inventor of the PalmPilot comes a new and compelling theory of intelligence, brain function, and the future of intelligent machines Jeff Hawkins, the man who created the PalmPilot, Treo smart phone, and other handheld devices, has reshaped our relationship to computers. Now he stands ready to revolutionize both neuroscience and computing in one stroke, with a new understanding of intellig...
Full description- Publisher: Owl Books (NY)
- Published: 01 August 2005
- Format: Paperback 262 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Cognition & Cognitive Psychology | Atomic & Molecular Physics | Artificial Intelligence
- ISBN 13: 9780805078534 ISBN 10: 0805078533
- Sales rank: 26,104
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An easy to follow and insanely exciting new way of thinking about the brain
Neuroscience is steadily unraveling the inner workings of the brain. However, it doesn't have all the answers on how it actually works. The field has managed to collect a huge amount of testable data on the subject, but provides no usable framework for understanding the how's and the why's of the human brain as a whole.
Jeff Hawkins does an excellent job of explaining the facts that are already out there and presents, in a really easy to follow manner, his view of how to fill in the gaps. Hawkins doesn't claim to have all the correct answers, but his ideas are the kind that make you feel like you've known them the whole time but just weren't able to express them. He uses everyday examples that are easy to relate to and that make understanding difficult concepts effortless. This provides a totally new and ground-breaking way of thinking about natural/human and artificial/computer intelligence that leaves off with the thought that computer systems, as they are currently being designed (as Turing machines), will never become truly intelligent, but could if we redesigned their fundamental concepts based on Hawkins' framework.
This book has changed the way I see the world. In any given situation, I almost feel like I'm aware of the actions my brain undertakes to present me with a coherent picture of my reality, from visual input to sensory stimulation to memory storage and recall.
Really excellent book. I recommend it to anyone! by Vlad Tamas
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