Jeff Hawkins: Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #25
What it is
Lex Fridman interviews Jeff Hawkins, founder of Numenta and author of On Intelligence, about the Thousand Brains Theory and reverse-engineering the neocortex. They also cover Hierarchical Temporal Memory and brain-inspired AI architectures.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN people send others here to hear Hawkins explain his theory in his own words, including reference frames and the old versus new brain.
- 2 people recommended it
- 2 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2019, last 2021
What HN commenters said
“Highly recommend the Lex Fridman interview to listen to Jeff explain live”
Hawkins explains his Thousand Brains theory live
gamegoblin, 2021-02 · Strong recommendation · in “The Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence (2019)”
“Jeff Hawkings explains the difference between the 'old parts' and 'new parts' pretty well in this interview”
Explains old versus new brain parts and neocortex
Geee, 2021-03 · Recommendation · in “Myths about how the brain works”
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Topics: thousand brains, jeff hawkins, neuroscience, hierarchical temporal memory, reference frames
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