Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2021-08-08
Books mentioned on #208 – Jeff Hawkins: The Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence
Jeff Hawkins is a neuroscientist and cofounder of Numenta, a neuroscience research company. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Codecademy: https://codecademy.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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A Thousand Brains
Discussed“and recently a new book called a thousand brains which presents a new theory of intelligence that richard dawkins for example has been raving about calling the book quote brilliant and exhilarating”
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The Origin of Species
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin is a foundational scientific text that introduced the theory of evolution by means of natural selection, forever altering humanity's understanding of the natural world.
Discussed“so darwin wrote about the origin of species so what is the origin of intelligence”
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing On Intelligence
“he previously wrote the seminal book on the subject titled on intelligence and recently a new book called a thousand brains”
Own book Rain
“and i write about this in the book about and then we ask how do neurons actually make predictions physically”
Own book Nation of Victims
“In the third part of my book i talked about all these scenarios and let me just walk through them”