Jeff Hawkins
Jeff Hawkins
Jeffrey Hawkinsis the American founder of Palm Computing and Handspring. He has since turned to work on neuroscience full-time, founded the Redwood Center for Theoretical Neurosciencein 2002, founded Numenta in 2005 and published On Intelligence describing his memory-prediction framework theory of the brain. In 2003 he was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering "for the creation of the hand-held computing paradigm and the creation of the first commercially successful example of a hand-held computing device."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionInventor
Date of Birth1 June 1957
CountryUnited States of America
The key to artificial intelligence has always been the representation.
You know what, we don't know diddley squat about brains and no one has a clue how these things work, so don't believe what anyone tells you.
It is the ability to make predictions about the future that is the crux of intelligence.
Your perception of the world is ... really a fabrication of your model of the world. You don't really see light or sound. You perceive it because your model says this is how the world is, and those patterns invoke the model. It's hard to believe, but it really is true.
Coming in second place just means you were the first person to lose....
Annexation is probably the most valuable tool a city has to ensure orderly growth and development.
Prediction is not just one of the things your brain does. It is the primary function of the neo-cortex, and the foundation of intelligence.
Whatever the difference between brilliant and average brains, we are all creative. And through practice and study we can enhance our skills and talents.
We are our brains. My brain is talking to your brain; our bodies are hanging along for the ride.