On Intelligence

杰夫·霍金斯(Jeff Hawkins)，成功的计算机工程师和企业家，掌上型电脑PalmPilot、智能电话Treo等产品的发明人。他创建了两家大名鼎鼎的公司——Palm Computin和Handspring，成立了致力于对记忆和认知研究的“红杉”神经系统科学研究所，同时，也是Cold Spring Harbor实验室科学委员会的一名成员。最后，霍金斯及其合伙人又宣布成立Numenta（源自拉丁语，意为“头脑”）公司，旨在把《人工智能的未来》一书中关于大脑的理论转化为实用技术。桑德拉·布拉克斯莉(Sandra Blakeslee)，《纽约时报》科普专栏作家，著有多部畅销科普作品。

出版者:Times Books

作者:Jeff Hawkins

页数:261

出版时间:2004-10-03

价格:USD 25.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780805074567

图书标签:人工智能AI神经科学智能计算机心理学intelligence交互设计

From the inventor of the PalmPilot comes a new and compelling theory of intelligence, brain function, and the future of intelligent machines

Jeff Hawkins, the man who created the PalmPilot, Treo smart phone, and other handheld devices, has reshaped our relationship to computers. Now he stands ready to revolutionize both neuroscience and computing in one stroke, with a new understanding of intelligence itself.

Hawkins develops a powerful theory of how the human brain works, explaining why computers are not intelligent and how, based on this new theory, we can finally build intelligent machines.

The brain is not a computer, but a memory system that stores experiences in a way that reflects the true structure of the world, remembering sequences of events and their nested relationships and making predictions based on those memories. It is this memory-prediction system that forms the basis of intelligence, perception, creativity, and even consciousness.

In an engaging style that will captivate audiences from the merely curious to the professional scientist, Hawkins shows how a clear understanding of how the brain works will make it possible for us to build intelligent machines, in silicon, that will exceed our human ability in surprising ways.

Written with acclaimed science writer Sandra Blakeslee, On Intelligence promises to completely transfigure the possibilities of the technology age. It is a landmark book in its scope and clarity.

读后感

这是一本关于“智能”的新的理论书籍。原英文书名为On Intelligence，中文译名改成了《智能时代》，我个人认为这样译法并不是很好，还不如直接译为《论智能》更能体现这本书要论述的主题。人的大脑的确是一个神奇的东西，能思考问题，能产生记忆。而对大脑是如何工作的，...  

作者开始即强调了其HTM模型与其他人工智能的不同在于HTM是建立在对人脑的理解与逼近的模仿下的，因而作者宁愿称其为真实智能（real intelligence）而不是人工智能 （artificial intelligence）。 作者Jeff Hawkins的HTM Model在人工智能领域如网络神经，机器学习，以及生物神...  

Jeff Hawkins是个很厉害的人物，作为Palm平台的主要发明人，他在掌上电脑方面有普通人难以企及的地位。他设计出来的东西很简洁，很直接，快捷好用——这一切都与MS的WindowsCE平台形成了鲜明的对比。因此很久很久以前我发现他写了一本书叫做《On Intelligence》，我就觉得有机...  

提到了一些崭新的重要概念：存储模式序列、自-联想记忆、恒定表征等等。 大脑喜欢预测，喜欢自建一个世界的模型。  

用户评价

Interesting thoughts. I don't necessarily agree completely though.

Jeff是探索先驱~~

有些观点不错，但是书中某些argument让我怀疑作者到底是不是搞CS的

没想到十年之后，hawkins居然还真把这个人工智能模型给实现个差不多了，http://numenta.com/

作者是要模拟人脑，或者说是类脑机器。