A Thousand Brains
Book description
For all we hear of neuroscience's great advances, the field has generated more questions than answers. We know that the brain combines sensory input from all over your body into a single perception, but not how. We think brains "compute" in some sense, but we can't say what those computations…
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2 authors picked A Thousand Brains as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book is as close as you can get to making sense of intelligence in a way that enriches our understanding of AI. And it opens the door with a bang: Starting from human intelligence, it is highlighted that how a brain made of simple cells creates intelligence remains a mystery.
I appreciate the strength of the book which does not surrender in front of the immense obstacle of figuring out the most complex system in the known universe, our brain, but it moves on and eloquently expresses the ultimate goal of thousands of scientists: to understand the mechanics of…
From Christian's list on making sense of the I in AI.
AI is all the rage now, but as good as these deep learning and generative algorithms are, they don’t yet produce human levels of general intelligence.
How do human brains work? What is the nature of sentience? Can it be reproduced? Until now, no one has published a testable theory of how our brains produce consciousness. A Thousand Brains provides that theory in a clear and understandable fashion based on insights gained from brain research.
I believe it’s the most important book of this century. I also loved how it helped me better understand how I learn, think, and generate…
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