Will I love A Thousand Brains?

I love this book because it is the first brain theory book I’ve read that specifically explains what the neocortex is and does and how it creates consciousness. Understanding the brain is a pattern recognition organ explains so much about what we know in behavioral psychology and how humans learn and adapt to change.

Understanding how our brains function and learn and how they can get hijacked is essential for both personal growth and professional leadership. This knowledge is so important to who we are as human beings that I believe it should be standard education for every thinking person… show more.

This book is as close as you can get to making sense of intelligence in a way that enriches our understanding of AI. And it opens the door with a bang: Starting from human intelligence, it is highlighted that how a brain made of simple cells creates intelligence remains a mystery.

I appreciate the strength of the book which does not surrender in front of the immense obstacle of figuring out the most complex system in the known universe, our brain, but it moves on and eloquently expresses the ultimate goal of thousands of scientists: to understand the mechanics of… show more.

AI is all the rage now, but as good as these deep learning and generative algorithms are, they don’t yet produce human levels of general intelligence.

How do human brains work? What is the nature of sentience? Can it be reproduced? Until now, no one has published a testable theory of how our brains produce consciousness. A Thousand Brains provides that theory in a clear and understandable fashion based on insights gained from brain research.

I believe it’s the most important book of this century. I also loved how it helped me better understand how I learn, think, and generate… show more.