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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Jeff Hawkins is a neuroscientist and cofounder of Numenta, a neuroscience research company. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS: A Thousand Brain (book): https://amzn.to/3AmxJt7 Numenta's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Numenta Numenta's Website: https://numenta.com/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 3:04 - Collective intelligence 9:46 - The origin of intelligence in the human brain 22:59 - How intelligent life evolved on Earth 33:58 - Why humans are special in the universe 37:16 - Neurons 41:30 - A Thousand Brains theory of intelligence 50:10 - How to build superintelligent AI 1:08:10 - Sam Harris and existential risk of AI 1:20:12 - Neuralink 1:27:02 - Will AI prevent the self-destruction of human civilization? 1:32:34 - Communicating human knowledge to alien civilizations 1:42:50 - Devil's advocate 1:47:45 - Human nature 1:56:07 - Hardware for AI 2:02:46 - Advice for young people SOCIAL:
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SPEAKERS
Lex Fridman
hostJeff Hawkins
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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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