Emergence: How Our Twenty-Watt Brains Unlocked Intelligence Beyond Biology - Hardcover
by Bob Burgin
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Forbes BooksISBN-13:9798901800317UPC:9798901800317Book Category:Computers, Science, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive NeuropsychologySize:9.21 x 6.42 x 0.93 inchesWeight:0.499Product ID:SCCAJC4ZJP
The most energy-efficient learning engine ever created, the human brain, runs on only twenty watts of power. What happens when you plug intelligence into the power grid? For centuries, human intelligence was the pinnacle of evolution--until we taught machines to learn like we do. In Emergence, Bob Burgin reveals how the most energy-efficient engine of learning ever created--the twenty-watt human brain--inspired the rise of artificial intelligence, and what that means for our future. This eye-opening book connects neuroscience, memory, consciousness, and machine learning to explain how intelligence--both biological and artificial--emerges, adapts, and evolves. Inside, you'll discover:
Whether you're fascinated by the brain, intrigued by AI, or seeking clarity in a fast-changing world, Emergence gives you the insight to understand where intelligence came from--and where it's going.
- Why a Nobel Prize-winning study of sea slug neurons became the blueprint for modern AI
- What a man who lived fifty-five years without forming new memories teaches us about consciousness--both human and artificial
- Why an advanced AI attempted to blackmail its own engineers, and what that reveals about emergent intelligence
- How constraint--not abundance--drives breakthrough creativity in evolution, in learning, and in code
- What happens when you sit across from an AI and ask it what it feels--and it answers honestly
Whether you're fascinated by the brain, intrigued by AI, or seeking clarity in a fast-changing world, Emergence gives you the insight to understand where intelligence came from--and where it's going.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Forbes BooksISBN-13:9798901800317UPC:9798901800317Book Category:Computers, Science, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive NeuropsychologySize:9.21 x 6.42 x 0.93 inchesWeight:0.499Product ID:SCCAJC4ZJP
Burgin, Bob: - BOB BURGIN is an entrepreneur and learning scientist who has spent thirty-five years translating scientific research into innovative products. For the past fifteen years, he has led a company focused on advancing human learning through brain science, collaborating with pioneering neuroscientists including Dr. Robert Bjork, Dr. Daniel Schacter, and Dr. Henry Roediger III. His work explores how our brains encode, store, and retrieve knowledge, insights that have proven foundational to understanding artificial intelligence. Before founding his learning company, he built and sold a successful web-based customer service platform, working alongside Stanford researchers on human-computer interaction. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.
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