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Book Review Meetup: A Thousand Brains

Sun, Apr 03

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Wayzata

Book review and discussion. Hosted by Dan McCreary, Distinguished Engineer at Optum.

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Book Review Meetup:  A Thousand Brains
Book Review Meetup:  A Thousand Brains

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Apr 03, 2022, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Wayzata, 3311 County Rd 101 Suite 4, Wayzata, MN 55391, USA

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"A Thousand Brains" By Jeff Hawkins has been praised as "that rare beast: a thoughtful and original, erudite and visionary take on human kind's oldest mysteries - our brain".  A computer pioneer and neuroscientist, Jeff Hawkins, answers two of life's most important questions - what is intelligence and how do brains create it. 

Bill Gates had this to say when he put this book on his "5 books l loved in 2021" list - "If you’re interested in learning more about what it might take to create a true AI, this book offers a fascinating theory. Hawkins may be best known as the co-inventor of the PalmPilot, but he’s spent decades thinking about the connections between neuroscience and machine learning, and there’s no better introduction to his thinking than this book."

Dan McCreary, Distinguished Engineer in AI and Graph at Optum, Author, and STEM advocate, will host a discussion of…

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