Jeff Hawkins Books
Jeff Hawkins is the co-founder of the companies Palm and Handspring. After inventing the PalmPilot and the Treo smartphone, he began working for the Redwood Neuroscience Institute, a non-profit organization. It was there that he developed some of the theories presented in these blinks.
Sandra Blakeslee writes for the New York Times as a science correspondent. She is the co-author of several books such as Phantoms in the Brain.
On Intelligence
What's On Intelligence about?
These blinks provide an overview of the human brain’s capacity for thinking and for comparing new experiences to old memories. They also explain why today’s machines still aren’t able to emulate this capability, but why we may soon be able to build ones that can.
Who should read On Intelligence?
- Anyone interested in how the brain works or what makes us intelligent and conscious beings
- Anyone who wants to know whether we’ll ever build machines that are truly intelligent
- Anyone wondering whether such intelligent machines would be good or bad for humanity
What's A Thousand Brains about?
A Thousand Brains (2021) explores the fundamental nature of intelligence. It poses the theory that the brain is a collection of thousands of mini-brains, each generating and refining their own predictions. It also delves into the implications of this theory for artificial intelligence and our understanding of consciousness.
Who should read A Thousand Brains?
- Fans of neuroscience who are interested in the latest research
- Anyone curious about how humans think and learn
- Those ready for an in-depth guide to one of life’s great mysteries