false 27539 5 Jeff Hawkins, the high-tech success story behind PalmPilots and the Redwood Neuroscience Institute, does a lot of thinking about thinking. In <I>On Intelligence</I> Hawkins juxtaposes his two loves--computers and brains--to examine the real future of artificial intelligence. In doing so, he unites two fields of study that have been moving uneasily toward one another for at least two decades. Most people think that computers are getting smarter, and that maybe someday, they'll be as smart as we humans are. But Hawkins explains why the way we build computers today won't take us down that path. He shows, using nicely accessible examples, that our brains are memory-driven systems that use our five senses and our perception of time, space, and consciousness in a way that's totally unlike the relatively simple structures of even the most complex computer chip. Readers who gobbled up Ray Kurzweil's (<I>The Age of Spiritual Machines</I> and Steven Johnson's <I>Mind Wide Open</I> will find more intriguing food for thought here. Hawkins does a good job of outlining current brain research for a general audience, and his enthusiasm for brains is surprisingly contagious. <I>--Therese Littleton</I> 1308 2004 On Intelligence total:394|5:150|4:165|3:62|2:15|1:2| 394 1628 680 75 27539 0805078533 9780805078534 370 75 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881695m/27539.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27539.On_Intelligence 3 2 false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 13:51:20 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 14:02:50 -0700 2009

The only thing wrong with Jeff Hawkins's book is Jeff Hawkins. His idea for the brain basic structure is exciting. (basically he argues that the brain works off a near-recursive prediction model based on stimulus and memory.) And h...more...]]> 27539 0805078533 9780805078534 370 75 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881695m/27539.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27539.On_Intelligence 4 1 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 17:24:32 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 14 04:41:05 -0700 2008
This single algorithm simply looks for patterns. Layers and layers of brain cells performing this pattern recognition result in our sensory experience. Here is an ...more...]]> 27539 0805078533 9780805078534 370 75 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881695m/27539.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27539.On_Intelligence 4 1 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Aug 27 12:56:12 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 12:56:32 -0700 2007 http://www.reemer.com/archives/2005/01/0...

This is the second book that Phil Terry asked us to read as part of the Creative Good fellows program. It was writted by Jeff Hawkins, creator of the PalmPilot and Treo. Turns out Jeff's other passion is trying to understa...more...]]> 27539 0805078533 9780805078534 370 75 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881695m/27539.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27539.On_Intelligence 4 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 14 22:46:14 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 22:56:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 27539 0805078533 9780805078534 370 75 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881695m/27539.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27539.On_Intelligence 4 1 false Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 19:14:01 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 10:33:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 27539 0805078533 9780805078534 370 75 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881695m/27539.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27539.On_Intelligence 3 0 false Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 17:05:11 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 21:48:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 27539 0805078533 9780805078534 370 75 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881695m/27539.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27539.On_Intelligence 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Aug 05 20:00:07 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 22:17:05 -0700 2009
this video below outlines the main premises for his brain theories:
http://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_hawkins_on...

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To get the most of this book ...more...]]> 27539 0805078533 9780805078534 370 75 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881695m/27539.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27539.On_Intelligence 4 0 false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 16:51:57 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 12:46:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 27539 0805078533 9780805078534 370 75 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881695m/27539.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27539.On_Intelligence 4 0 false Sun May 31 08:42:28 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 07:51:19 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 08:42:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 27539 0805078533 9780805078534 370 75 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881695m/27539.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27539.On_Intelligence 3 0 false Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 05:46:38 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 05:47:13 -0700 2008 artificial intelligence" so often discussed, he decided to backtrack and really try to understand human intelligence. His theories and explan...more...]]> 27539 0805078533 9780805078534 370 75 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881695m/27539.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27539.On_Intelligence 5 0 false Fri Aug 08 13:43:44 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 13:44:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 27539 0805078533 9780805078534 370 75 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881695m/27539.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27539.On_Intelligence 4 0 false Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jan 13 20:57:36 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 29 21:12:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 27539 0805078533 9780805078534 370 75 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881695m/27539.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27539.On_Intelligence 4 0 false Wed Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Tue Oct 20 06:46:02 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 06:48:44 -0700 2009
If you do know a bit about AI, then this book is still good for you because it talks about some very interesting concepts. ...more...]]> 27539 0805078533 9780805078534 370 75 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881695m/27539.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27539.On_Intelligence 3 0 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 01 11:00:30 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 11:04:08 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 27539 0805078533 9780805078534 370 75 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881695m/27539.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27539.On_Intelligence 4 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 01 19:41:50 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 20:07:53 -0800 2008 Jeff Hawkins provides a surprisingly well-developed theory on what actually goes on as we think, imagine, and generally behave in a civilized manner. He does away with the generally accepted belief that brains are just overgrown, overly-complicated comp...more...]]> 27539 0805078533 9780805078534 370 75 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881695m/27539.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27539.On_Intelligence 5 0 false Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 13:06:58 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 14:36:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 27539 0805078533 9780805078534 370 75 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881695m/27539.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27539.On_Intelligence 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Jan 24 00:16:54 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 00:26:37 -0800 2008
Using his considerable knowledge...more...]]> 27539 0805078533 9780805078534 370 75 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881695m/27539.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27539.On_Intelligence 4 0 false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 20:12:45 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 21:16:10 -0700 2009
I spent some time studying models of cognition,...more...]]> 27539 0805078533 9780805078534 370 75 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167881695m/27539.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27539.On_Intelligence 5 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 30 07:49:52 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 07:49:52 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2660943