On intelligence
by Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee · first published 2005
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Lucid, accessible account of how the neocortex may work, built on prediction, hierarchy and invariant features; suits anyone curious about brains and AI who wants a thought-provoking alternative to mainstream AI.
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There is a very quick reference to the person who inspired him, Jeff Hawkins, whose book is worth a read: http://www.amazon.com/On-Intelligence-Jeff-Hawkins/dp/080507... Edit: update link
on “Andrew Ng and the Quest for the New AI” ↗…concepts. There's a book I read a while ago that was super-interesting and digs in to how one researcher leveraged knowledge about how the human brain works to develop one of these deep learning methods: "On Intelligence" by Jeff Hawkins (http://www.amazon.com/On-Intelligence-Jeff-Hawkins/dp/B000GQ...)
on “Scientists See Promise in Deep-Learning Programs” ↗Using an image algorithm to process audio reminds me of Jeff Hawkins' arguments in On Intelligence, specifically in arguing that the brain processes all types of input in the same way of recognizing a pattern of activation within a sequence. Very interesting book. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Intelligence
on “Computational Synesthesia: Audio Analysis with Image Processing Algorithms” ↗I suggest you read this book “On Intelligence” by Jeff Hawkins on similar topic: https://www.amazon.com/Intelligence-Understanding-Creation-I...
on “The Human Brain Is a Time Traveler” ↗Because they don't act as though they have rich inner lives (especially fish and birds). If you're actually interested in this topic, I highly recommend the book "On Intelligence" by Jeff Hawkins.
on “A ‘Self-Aware’ Fish Raises Doubts About a Cognitive Test” ↗…rome or anything complex really, it will be a collection of things and a backwards pointing measure of when it actually occurred. Jeff hawkins has some extremely interesting thoughts on AI. His book 'On intelligence' is one of the best books i've ever read. These aren't entirely his thoughts butThree things; some ability to move around your world (e.g. cyberspace, robots), perceive the world (Vision, data,dumps,…
on “AIeyes: Walking simulator where the world is seen through a realtime neural net” ↗I was disappointed by A Thousand Brains. The last part of the book veered into ... I don't really know. On the other hand, I loved Jeff Hawkins' earlier book on this topic: On Intelligence [1]. It's easily one of the top 5 books that I've read and the first part of A Thousand Brains recaps much of that work, so still relevant today according to the author. [1] https://numenta.com/resources/on-intelligence/
on “Books I loved reading this year” ↗…bunch of statistically relevant correlations, but that sounds like neurons with positive or negative attractions of varying strength. Kind of like a brain. I believe Jeff Hawkins is on to something (see On Intelligence http://www.amazon.com/o/asin/0805078533/pchristensen-20), but there needs to be correlated data (like vision/hearing/touch are correlated) and the ability to evaluate data sources. I agree that if humans…
on “Data is good, code is a liability” ↗I quite enjoyed _On_Intelligence_ from Jeff Hawkins, interested to find out how the two books will relate.
on “Kurzweil’s Next Book: Creating An Artificial Mind” ↗If you're really interested in understanding more about he "hierarchy of filters" quote, and much more related to that theory of how our brains operate, I strongly suggest the book On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins. Super interesting stuff!
on “Resurgence of Neural Networks” ↗For those interested, Jeff Hawkins wrote a book called On Intelligence and he is largely the guy behind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_temporal_memory Deep learning proponents focus on solving specific problems using mathematical models inspired by biology,…
on “What intelligent machines need to incorporate from the neocortex” ↗1. Thinking fast and slow - Kahneman 2. Godel, Escher and Bach - Hofstadter 3. On Intelligence - Jeff Hawkins
on “Ask HN: What are your favorite books of all time, and why?” ↗I read Hawkins's "On Intelligence" a few years ago and enjoyed it. For anyone here who's read both that and "New Theory of Intelligence", what's the relation between the two?
on “Books I loved reading this year” ↗One of the most consistent theory about how our brain learns is described in HTM (Hierarchical Temporal Memory), a more biologically inspired neural network. See Jeff Hawkins' "On Intelligence". It is based on: * Input of continuous unlabeled time-based patterns. * Associative Hebbian Learning (when distinct inputs/patterns come together, they are neuron-wired together). Synapses can be modified…
on “The future of deep learning” ↗I'm a computational PhD student in the field -- I think you'd most enjoy "On Intelligence" by Jeff Hawkins, an inspiring book written by a hacker himself! If you'd like a very excellent, fascinating title on mathematics and art and mind, try "Godel, Escher, Bach" by Hofstadter. Another fun,…
on “Ask HN: What is a good introduction to neuroscience?” ↗