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#208 – Jeff Hawkins: The Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence

#208 – Jeff Hawkins: The Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence

Lex Fridman Podcast vor 5 Jahren

Jeff Hawkins is a neuroscientist and cofounder of Numenta, a neuroscience research company. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Codecademy: https://codecademy.com and use code LEX to get 15% off - BiOptimizers: http://www.

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(10:35) – Collective intelligence

(17:17) – The origin of intelligence in the human brain

(30:31) – How intelligent life evolved on Earth

(41:30) – Why humans are special in the universe

(44:48) – Neurons

(49:02) – A Thousand Brains theory of intelligence

(57:42) – How to build superintelligent AI

(1:15:41) – Sam Harris and existential risk of AI

(1:27:43) – Neuralink

(1:34:34) – Will AI prevent the self-destruction of human
civilization?

(1:40:05) – Communicating human knowledge to alien
civilizations

(1:50:22) – Devil’s advocate

(1:55:16) – Human nature

(2:03:39) – Hardware for AI

(2:10:18) – Advice for young people