I read A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins (well, most of it) because it
was recommended to me. I am not recommending it to you. The book is divided
into three sections. The first ostensibly covers neuroscience. However, the
author is not a scientist nor a science writer, so this survey is short on
science and long on personal assertions (“I believe…”). The final two sections
pontificate on machine and human intelligence visiting questions like will
intelligent machines be the end of humanity and will people bring about their
own extinction. These chapters are essays with little relevance to
neuroscience.
The introduction is by Richard Dawkins who has spent significant energy debating with creationists. Jeff Hawkins also allocates space in this book on creationists and flat earth believers. The book also discusses global warming and uploading yourself to a computer.
More of a memoir of a citizen scientist than a review of neuroscience, artificial intelligence, or climate change.
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