Four attributes of intelligence, a thousand questions.

Journal: Biological cybernetics
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Abstract

Jeff Hawkins is one of those rare individuals who speaks the languages of both AI and neuroscience. In his recent book, "A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence", Hawkins proposes that current learning algorithms lack four attributes which will be necessary for true machine intelligence. Here we demonstrate that a minimal learning system which satisfies all four points can be constructed using only simple, classical machine learning techniques. We illustrate that such a system falls short of biological intelligence in some important ways. We suggest that Hawkins' list is a useful model, but the "recipe" for true intelligence-if there is one-may not be so easily defined.

Authors

  • Matthieu Bardal
    Department of Mathematics and Computing, Mount Royal University, 4825 Mt Royal Gate SW, Calgary, AB, T3E6K6, Canada.
  • Eric Chalmers
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.