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Jeffrey Hawkins is an American businessman, neuroscientist and engineer. He co-founded Palm Computing — where he co-created the PalmPilot and Treo — and Handspring. [1] [2] He subsequently turned to work on neuroscience, founding the Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience in 2002.
Nov 22, 2021 · Bill Gates praises Jeff Hawkins's book A Thousand Brains, which explores a new theory of intelligence based on the neocortex. He argues that understanding the neocortex is key to creating artificial general intelligence and that intelligent machines will not threaten human control.
Jeff Hawkins, a neuroscientist and computer pioneer, presents a new theory of intelligence based on maplike structures in the brain. Learn how the brain creates models of the world, why we have a sense of self, and the future of AI and humanity.
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Jeff Hawkins’ 2021 book A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence, focuses on the neocortex and how it helps us to understand the world around us, before examining the future of artificial intelligence, based on what we already know about the brain.
In this final episode of Tales from the Synapse, a 12-part podcast series about neuroscience, Hawkins describes how his book finishes on a philosophical note, by covering the future of humanity in an age of intelligent machines.
Hawkins is chief scientist at Numenta, a research company he started 17 years ago in Redwood City, California. He career started in the semiconductor industry but his interest in the theories underpinning brain science was triggered by a 1979 article in Scientific American, written by Francis Crick.
Jeff Hawkins is the chief scientist of Numenta, a research company that aims to understand how the neocortex works and apply it to improve AI. In this podcast, he talks about his book A Thousand Brains, his career journey, and his vision for the future of humanity and intelligent machines.
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Jun 17, 2024 · Jeff Hawkins, co-inventor of the Palm Pilot, announces a new AI framework that mimics the neocortex structure and sensorimotor learning. The Gates Foundation-funded project aims to create a scalable and adaptive platform for computer vision, robotics, and global health.
Oct 14, 2018 · Jeff Hawkins, a Silicon Valley veteran who spent the last decade exploring the mysteries of the human brain, arranged a meeting with DeepMind, the world’s leading AI lab.
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Jeff Hawkins is a computer designer who created the Palm and Treo PDAs. He also studies the human brain and its memory system, and aims to develop artificial intelligence based on his theory of hierarchical temporal memory.
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