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A Thousand Brains
- A New Theory of Intelligence
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell, Richard Dawkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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A Thousand Brains
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Publisher's Summary
A best-selling author, neuroscientist, and computer engineer unveils a theory of intelligence that will revolutionize our understanding of the brain and the future of AI.
For all of neuroscience's advances, we've made little progress on its biggest question: How do simple cells in the brain create intelligence? Jeff Hawkins and his team discovered that the brain uses map-like structures to build a model of the world - not just one model, but hundreds of thousands of models of everything we know. This discovery allows Hawkins to answer important questions about how we perceive the world, why we have a sense of self, and the origin of high-level thought. A Thousand Brains heralds a revolution in the understanding of intelligence. It is a big-think book, in every sense of the word.
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- Aaron D'Souza
- 08-02-2022
Insightful. A read recommended for true thinkers.
Loved the journey through complexity to application. Not for pretenders. A book for innovators.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-06-2022
Fascinating book
I really enjoyed the content of the book and how it enriches the ability of one to better understand the brain even if you are not an specialist. Just the last few chapters got a bit off track but overall an amazing book
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- Kaleb Peters
- 14-03-2021
Immensely exciting
The theory presented in the first section of A Thousand Brains is the most intriguing idea about intelligence that I've come across. Hawkins doesn't dumb anything down, but still manages to pain a concise and clear picture of his insights such that anyone (with a little effort) can understand.
The ideas presented in the latter sections are fantastic in scope and exhilerating to think about! His urging in the final chapter to study and teach about the brain feels sorely needed, and I only hope that society at large embraces this point of view.
Highly recommend if you're at all interested in the subject matter.
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-05-2021
awesome book
found it easy to stay engaged and consume the concepts. I had very basic understanding understanding of the brain before reading. At one point he zooms out on the time scale and it gets very full on.
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- Silvia Picello
- 01-05-2021
Started well, ended terrible
Very interesting idea, pity about the woke gibberish at the end. Just stick to the first chapters
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- David
- 13-06-2022
Last part of the book was a bit off-track
Most of the book was interesting, however the last few chapters of the book were a bit off-track compared to the rest of the book. Worth listening to, however the last few chapters could be skipped.
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-03-2022
too much hyped
nothing much new here. a rehash of things already out there. not worth $$
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