#neuroscience #brain # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought #to-digest 2022-07-04 # Related [[Jeff Hawkins - A Thousand Brains_ a New Theory of Intelligence-Hachette UK]] # TODOs # Thousand brains [[Monkey Brain]] [[Neocortex|New brain]] [[The Map is not the Territory|map of the territory]] ## [[Artificial intelligence|Machine intelligence]] ### [[Alignment]] https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/hE56gYi5d68uux9oM/intro-to-brain-like-agi-safety-3-two-subsystems-learning-and https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/ixZLTmFfnKRbaStA5/book-review-a-thousand-brains-by-jeff-hawkins ## Human [[Philosophy/Rationality/Intelligence|organic intelligence]] [[Reference frame]] [[Grid cell]] [[Place cell]] [[Occam razor]] in the brain, single algorithm[^1], [[Simplicity]] [[Cognitive biases]] [[Philosophy/Humans/Transhumanism/Transhumanism|transhumanism]] [[Philosophy/Epistemology/Knowledge|Knowledge]] [[Evolution|evolution]] # References [^1]: Mountcastle, Vernon. “An Organizing Principle for Cerebral Function: The Unit Model and the Distributed System.” In The Mindful Brain, edited by Gerald M. 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