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Re: virus: New book: On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins
« Reply #1 on: 2004-11-30 11:44:53 » |
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Jonathan Davis wrote:
>Apparently superb.
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>>From Amazon.com:
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>humans are. But Hawkins explains why the way we build computers today
>won't take us down that path. He shows, using nicely accessible
>examples, that our brains are memory-driven systems that use our five
>senses and our perception of time, space, and consciousness in a way
>that's totally unlike the relatively simple structures of even the most
>complex computer chip.
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I doubt Hawkins is confused about the difference between hardware and
software so it must be the reviewer (I hope).
In other words, computers don't have to resemble the brain in order to
simulate mind processes.
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