It is the ability to make predictions about the future that is the crux of intelligence. Jeff Hawkins More Quotes by Jeff Hawkins More Quotes From Jeff Hawkins We are our brains. My brain is talking to your brain; our bodies are hanging along for the ride. Jeff Hawkins bodybraintalking Coming in second place just means you were the first person to lose. Jeff Hawkins personsmeanfirsts Whatever the difference between brilliant and average brains, we are all creative. And through practice and study we can enhance our skills and talents. Jeff Hawkins creativitypracticeaverage 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. Jeff Hawkins foundationdoebrain The key to artificial intelligence has always been the representation. Jeff Hawkins artificial-intelligencerepresentationkeys Your perception of the world is ... really a fabrication of your model of the world. You don't really see light or sound. You perceive it because your model says this is how the world is, and those patterns invoke the model. It's hard to believe, but it really is true. Jeff Hawkins perceptionlightbelieve Annexation is probably the most valuable tool a city has to ensure orderly growth and development. Jeff Hawkins growthtoolscities I do two things. I design mobile computers and I study brains. Jeff Hawkins designbraintwo If you look at the history of big obstacles in understanding our world, there's usually an intuitive assumption underlying them that's wrong. Jeff Hawkins our-worldunderstandinglooks 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. Jeff Hawkins united-statespeopleschool Adding hardware to any computer is hard. The reality is, you're sticking in disks, trying to run installers. We do a very sophisticated installation and de-install but it's invisible to the user and happens almost instantaneously. Jeff Hawkins runningtryingreality Complexity is not a cause of confusion. It is a result of it. Jeff Hawkins confusingconfusionunderstanding 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. Jeff Hawkins ancestrybelievefacts You know what, we don't know diddley squat about brains and no one has a clue how these things work, so don't believe what anyone tells you. Jeff Hawkins cluebrainbelieve 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. Jeff Hawkins knowyouresearchpeople You and I are streaming data engines. Jeff Hawkins youstreamingenginesdata Prediction by analogy -creativity - is so pervasive we normally don't notice it. Jeff Hawkins analogynoticepredictioncreativity 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. Jeff Hawkins ridefeelunderstandbrain At times in the past, the U.S. did not restrict the number of immigrants. Jeff Hawkins in-the-pastdidimmigrantspast '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. Jeff Hawkins futurefearworkschool
