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Lex Fridman PodcastJeff Hawkins: The Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #208
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- Released
- August 8, 2021
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- 2h 18m
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EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Lex Fridman and Jeff Hawkins, Jeff Hawkins: The Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #208 explores Jeff Hawkins explains thousand brains theory, AI, and humanity’s future Lex Fridman and Jeff Hawkins discuss Hawkins’ Thousand Brains Theory, which proposes that the neocortex is composed of tens of thousands of small, parallel ‘modeling systems’ (cortical columns) that collectively build our understanding of the world through movement, prediction, and reference frames.
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