AIC Seminar Series

The human neocortex is responsible for almost all high level thought, including vision, audition, language, and motor planning. The regions of the neocortex are organized in a hierarchy, where different regions of the hierarchy implement the same basic algorithm. In the past two years significant progress has been made in understanding exactly how the neocortex works and how the hierarchy leads to human thought and behavior. This knowledge suggests a new approach to solving long standing problems in perception, robotics, and in building intelligent machines. In this talk Jeff Hawkins will explain this theory and explore its implications for the future of AI. Details of the theory are published in a new book titled "On Intelligence" (www.OnIntelligence.org)"

Jeff Hawkins is the Director and Chairman of the Redwood Neuroscience Institute, a non-profit scientific research institute focused on understanding how the human neocortex works. He is also the architect of many computer products including the PalmPilot, Visor and Treo families of handheld computers and communicators. He co-founded Palm Computing and Handspring Inc. and is currently Chief Technology Officer at palmOne.

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