A brief history of intelligence : evolution, AI, and the five breakthroughs that made our brains

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"In the last decade, the science of understanding the human brain and replicating its most complicated processes through artificial intelligence has grown exponentially. Intricate neurological functions ranging from writing poetry to crafting original articles, arenas that had long been thought of as science fiction, have become our reality. And yet, large gaps remain in what AI can achieve-gaps that, as pioneering artificial intelligence entrepr...

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Artificial intelligence

Brain Physiology

Computational neuroscience

Human evolution

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ISBN:

9780063286344

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xiv, 415 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

A brief history of intelligence : evolution, artificial intelligence, and the 5 breakthroughs that made our brains

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

The world before brains
Breakthrough 1. Steering and the first bilaterians
The birth of good and bad
The origin of emotion
Associating, predicting, and the dawn of learning
Breakthrough 2. Reinforcing and the first vertebrates
The Cambrian explosion
The evolution of temporal difference learning
The problems of pattern recognition
Why life got curious
The first model of the world
Breakthrough 3. Simulating and the first mammals
The neural dark ages
Generative models and the neocortical mystery
Mice in the imaginarium
Model-based reinforcement learning
The secret to dishwashing robots
Breakthrough 4. Mentalizing and the first primates
The arms race for political savvy
How to model other minds
Monkey hammers and self-driving cars
Why rats can't go grocery shopping
Breakthrough 5. Speaking and the first humans
The search for human uniqueness
Language in the brain
The perfect storm
ChatGPT and the window into the mind
Conclusion: the sixth breakthrough

LCCN:

2023008730

Control Number:

3280144

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