Jeff Hawkins Quotes

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

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

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

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

The key to artificial intelligence has always been the representation.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

I believe consciousness is simply what it feels like to have a neocortex.

The neocortex is not like a computer, parallel or otherwise. Instead of computing answers to problems the neocortex uses stored memories to solve problems and produce behavior.

'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.