Jeff Hawkins Quotes

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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.
• Complexity is not a cause of confusion. It is a result of it.
• 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…
• I do two things. I design mobile computers and I study brains.
• We are our brains. My brain is talking to your brain; our bodies are hanging along for the ride.
• 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…
• It is the ability to make predictions about the future that is the crux of intelligence.
• 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 key to artificial intelligence has always been the representation.
• If you look at the history of big obstacles in understanding our world, there's usually an intuitive assumption underlying them that's wrong.
• 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…
• 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.
• Annexation is probably the most valuable tool a city has to ensure orderly growth and development.
• 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…
• At times in the past, the U.S. did not restrict the number of immigrants.
• Although it requires some adjustment by those already here, immigration has made the U.S.A. the most prosperous nation on Earth.
• You and I are streaming data engines.
• Prediction by analogy -creativity - is so pervasive we normally don't notice it.
• 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…

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