Jeff Hawkins

Your perception of the world is ... really a fabrication of your model of the world. You don't really see light or…

— Jeff Hawkins

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

— Jeff Hawkins

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

— Jeff Hawkins

'Dream Act' kids are like all other American kids, with the exception that they have to work harder to excel in school,…

— Jeff Hawkins

You can't imagine how much detail we know about brains. There were 28,000 people who went to the neuroscience conference this year,…

— Jeff Hawkins

You know what, we don't know diddley squat about brains and no one has a clue how these things work, so don't…

— Jeff Hawkins

The key to artificial intelligence has always been the representation.

— Jeff Hawkins

You and I are streaming data engines.

— Jeff Hawkins

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

— Jeff Hawkins

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

In grade school I was taught that the United States is a melting pot. People from all over the world come here…

— Jeff Hawkins

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

— Jeff Hawkins

Complexity is not a cause of confusion. It is a result of it.

— Jeff Hawkins

“The neocortex is not like a computer, parallel or otherwise. Instead of computing answers to problems the neocortex uses stored memories to…

— Jeff Hawkins

“the cortex uses the same computational tool to accomplish everything it does.”

— Jeff Hawkins

It is the ability to make predictions about the future that is the crux of intelligence.

— Jeff Hawkins

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

— Jeff Hawkins

Adding hardware to any computer is hard. The reality is, you're sticking in disks, trying to run installers. We do a very…

— Jeff Hawkins

Coming in second place just means you were the first person to lose.

— Jeff Hawkins

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

— Jeff Hawkins

Our bodies are hanging along for the ride, but my brain is talking to your brain. And if we want to understand…

— Jeff Hawkins

We are our brains. My brain is talking to your brain; our bodies are hanging along for the ride.

— Jeff Hawkins

Prediction by analogy -creativity - is so pervasive we normally don't notice it.

— Jeff Hawkins

And, you know, the fact is, if you believe in evolution, we all have a common ancestor, and we all have a…

— Jeff Hawkins

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…

— Jeff Hawkins