Jeff Hawkins on Artificial Intelligence - Part 5/5

The founder of Palm, Jeff Hawkins, solves the mystery of Artificial Intelligence and presents his theory at the RSA Conference 2008. He gives a brief tutorial on the neocortex and then explains how the brain stores memory and then describes how to use that knowledge to create artificial intelligence. This lecture is insightful and his theory will revolutionize computer science.

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Education

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• Intelligence
• Math
• Computer
• Neuroscience
• Philosophy
• Bayesian
• Bayes

[notbored12]

So it's two years on, where are the killer applications?

[pebre79]

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[pebre79]

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[Remindor]

Damn, that's cool, I want to work on that.

[hendrixphish420]

this was a good talk. thanks for sharing <3

[LKRaider]

@1simonmatthews The link I posted is to an extended talk, the title is "Being No One". The core of the problem, it seems to me, is how subjectivity works computationally on the brain.

[1simonmatthews]

@LKRaider I couldn't get the link that you gave me to work but I looked for Thomas Metzinger on YouTube. Is this the title of the video you were referring to: "TEDxRheinMain - Prof. Dr. Thomas Metzinger - The Ego Tunnel"? I just watched this video. He talks mostly of things I've heard of before but I found it interesting. I like the rubber hand and the head gear experiment. Don't think it quite unravelled the mysteries of consciousness though, not for me anyway.

[1simonmatthews]

@LKRaider "Consciousness is not magic."

That totally depends on what your definition of magic is. If magic could be described as supernatural, and supernatural is attributed to a force that goes beyond natural forces, then of course consciousness is not magic. If something exists in nature then it cannot possibly be beyond natural forces. If magic could be described as something that "seems" to go beyond the "known" laws of nature, then consciousness definitely has a case, for now at least.

[LKRaider]

@1simonmatthews consciousness is not magic, checkout this talk by Thomas Metzinger: watch?v=mthDxnFXs9k

[1simonmatthews]

I don't think we'll see self aware/conscious machines, unless we tap into whatever it is that exists in the universe that makes consciousness possible. I don't think it matters how complex a computer can be, it won't suddenly become conscious.

[dojohansen123]

"If someone wants to try to bulid, you know, robot buddies or something, they can do that. But that's not what we're about."

I think this is brushing aside the issue a little too easily. The point is that this might *enable* such machines.

Don't get me wrong, I am very excited about the whole thing. If this goes the way Jeff makes it look like it will, it'll be at least as transformative as computing. I just think debate and awereness is necessary to protect the public interest.

[AgentGhost]

@r0b0tj0n3s

Wow that's impressive, especially considering the range.

[crestonisme]

@r0b0tj0n3s been looking into it lately...amazing stuff... instantaneous processing...coding on a quantum level...utilizing what mother nature has had all along...i'm a little lost when helium comes into the picture...not sure I follow that. Self aware AI would surely follow soon after (??)...we need to start asking the hard questions about AI now...and I still say slow to develop only with an * ...once the foundation is set -the way technology grows exponentially- its off like a rocket.

[r0b0tj0n3s]

@crestonisme development of quantum computers is expected to begin within the next 20 years or so