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A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence

Inquiring Minds

CHAPTER

The Brain and Artificial Intelligence

Ai was a hot topic back inl 70 n e, early eighties. i applied to m i t but they rejected my application because we don't believe the brain is just a messy computer and there's no point in studying it for intelligence. So that was very disheartening. I started studying biology,. And i took classes and got myself in agatri program. You know. If i had to choose between working on ai and nervo science, i picked no science in heartbeat. However, i felt very strongly thak, that that a an ous member as an engineer, oe back in.

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