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Numenta On Intelligence is a monthly podcast about intelligence: how it works in the brain, what the key principles are, and how understanding those principles may be the fastest path to machine intelligence.

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Numenta On Intelligence is a monthly podcast about intelligence: how it works in the brain, what the key principles are, and how understanding those principles may be the fastest path to machine intelligence.

    A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins - Part Three: Human Intelligence

    A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins - Part Three: Human Intelligence

    In this final episode in the series, Jeff Hawkins, author of A Thousand Brains, talks with Christy Maver, VP of Marketing at Numenta, about the last section of his new book, Part Three: Human Intelligence.  Jeff briefly discusses each chapter in this section, from why people create false beliefs to estate planning for humanity.  They conclude with Jeff’s final thoughts about the book. #athousandbrains

    Order A Thousand Brains here: https://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Brains-New-Theory-Intelligence/dp/1541675819/

    • 19 min
    A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins - Part Two: Machine Intelligence

    A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins - Part Two: Machine Intelligence

    In this third episode in the series, Author Jeff Hawkins talks to VP Marketing Christy Maver about Part 2 of his new book, A Thousand Brains. Part Two: Machine Intelligence, covers how a new understanding of the brain can point the way to truly intelligent AI. Jeff talks about why today’s AI is not intelligent, what we can do to change that, and why we need not fear it. #athousandbrains

    Order A Thousand Brains here: https://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Brains-New-Theory-Intelligence/dp/1541675819/

    • 15 min
    A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins - Part One: A New Understanding of the Brain

    A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins - Part One: A New Understanding of the Brain

    In this episode, author Jeff Hawkins talks to Numenta VP of Marketing Christy Maver about Part One of his new book A Thousand Brains. Part One: A New Understanding of the Brain unpacks the primary principles behind his groundbreaking Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence. He highlights two of the key discoveries that led to the theory’s creation and how this powerful new framework lets us look at some of neuroscience’s problems with a new lens. #athousandbrains

    Order A Thousand Brains here: https://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Brains-New-Theory-Intelligence/dp/1541675819/

    • 13 min
    A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins - Introduction

    A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins - Introduction

    A Thousand Brains: A new theory of intelligence by Jeff Hawkins tackles one of life’s greatest mysteries: what is intelligence and how does the brain create it? In this episode, Jeff talks to Numenta VP of Marketing Christy Maver about the book, offering a preview of what readers can expect, why he wrote the book, and what each of the book’s three sections cover.  (Part 1: A New Understanding of the Brain, Part 2: Machine Intelligence, and Part 3: Human Intelligence.) #athousandbrains

    Order A Thousand Brains here: https://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Brains-New-Theory-Intelligence/dp/1541675819/

    • 8 min
    Episode 14: Interview with Florian Fiebig on Hebbian Learning Networks

    Episode 14: Interview with Florian Fiebig on Hebbian Learning Networks

    Matt Taylor interviews Florian Fiebig, PhD, a Visiting Scientist at Numenta. 

    • 57 min
    Episode 13: Subutai Ahmad on Applying HTM Ideas to Deep Learning

    Episode 13: Subutai Ahmad on Applying HTM Ideas to Deep Learning

    We're back!

    After a summer hiatus, we are back with a new episode.  Host Matt Taylor talks to Numenta VP of Research Subutai Ahmad about the effort he has been leading in applying Numenta research and HTM principles to deep learning systems. 

    This episode is also available as a video. 

    • 28 min

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