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Summary of On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins with Sandra Blakeslee | Free Audiobook

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Should We Build Intelligent Machines?

Intelligent machines can only be based on the brain's neo cortex. Machines will not suddenly become capable of having emotions and feelings. We mustn't be afraid of what these intelligent machines might do. Instead, we must embrace them as they will provide an inconceivable value to humankind. With sensory technology, intelligent machines could essentially change the way weather is predicted. The theories and worry over intelligent machines revolting in an attempt to exterminate human kind is simply science fiction.

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