Jeff Hawkins Lecture Videos

Jeff Hawkins, author of On Intelligence with Sandra Blakeslee, presented the Oppenheimer lecture in Los Alamos, NM, on July 27, 2009. Some of the key points from Hawkins’ lecture: The relatively-large neocortex is the primary characteristic that makes humans unique from other species. Neurons, or nerve cells, form and structure spatial and temporal (sequenced, ordered) … Read more

Jeff Hawkins Oppenheimer Lecture

Why can’t a computer be more like a brain? (July 27, 2009) Jeff Hawkins, author of On Intelligence with Sandra Blakeslee, presented the Oppenheimer lecture in Los Alamos, NM, on July 27, 2009. Read an edited transcript below, or watch clips from the lecture here. Visit the J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee’s website, and Jeff … Read more