Jeff Hawkins Quotes

• You and I are streaming data engines.

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• The key to artificial intelligence has always been the representation.

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• Prediction is not just one of the things your brain does. It is the primary function of the neo-cortex, and the foundation of intelligence.

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• At times in the past, the U.S. did not restrict the number of immigrants.

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• Although it requires some adjustment by those already here, immigration has made the U.S.A. the most prosperous nation on Earth.

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• A lot of America’s success is because we’re an open society and haven’t brought dogma or religious influence into the American political process.

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• In grade school I was taught that the United States is a melting pot. People from all over the world come here for freedom and to pursue a better life. They arrive with next to nothing, work incredibly hard, learn a new language and new customs, and in a generation they become an integral part of our amazing nation.

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• ‘Dream Act’ kids are like all other American kids, with the exception that they have to work harder to excel in school, they live in fear of deportation, and they worry about their future.

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• I do two things. I design mobile computers and I study brains.

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• You can’t imagine how much detail we know about brains. There were 28,000 people who went to the neuroscience conference this year, and every one of them is doing research in brains. A lot of data. But there’s no theory. There’s a little, wimpy box on top there.

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• Whatever the difference between brilliant and average brains, we are all creative. And through practice and study we can enhance our skills and talents.

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• Prediction by analogy -creativity – is so pervasive we normally don’t notice it.

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• Our bodies are hanging along for the ride, but my brain is talking to your brain. And if we want to understand who we are and how we feel and perceive, we really understand what brains are.

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• If you look at the history of big obstacles in understanding our world, there’s usually an intuitive assumption underlying them that’s wrong.

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• Annexation is probably the most valuable tool a city has to ensure orderly growth and development.

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• And, you know, the fact is, if you believe in evolution, we all have a common ancestor, and we all have a common ancestry with the plant in the lobby. This is what evolution tells us. And, it’s true. It’s kind of unbelievable.

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Jeff Hawkins (16)

Birth:	1st June, 1957
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Businessman, Inventor

About

Jeff Hawkins was born in Huntington, New York, USA. He is an American businessman, inventor and author. He is the co-founder of Palm Computing and Handspring, inventor of the Palm Pilot personal digital assistant and the first Treo smart phones, and a pioneer of now-ubiquitous handheld computing. He earned a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University in 1979. He has since turned to work on neuroscience full-time, founded the Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience in 2002, founded Numenta in 2005 and published On Intelligence describing his memory-prediction framework theory of the brain. He has written several books include: On Intelligence (with Sandra Blakeslee) and Michael Jordan: Basketball Superstar and Commercial Icon.

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