A Brief History of Intelligence : Why the Evolution of the Brain Holds the Key to the Future of Ai by Bennett, Max

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Author: Bennett, Max

Neurology & clinical neurophysiology

Published on 10 October 2024 by HarperCollins Publishers (William Collins) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 432 pages
129 x 198 x 34 | 376g

Bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the story of how the brain came to be.

'I found this book amazing' Daniel Kahneman, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestselling author of Thinking Fast & Slow

The entirety of the human brains 4-billion-year story can be summarised as the culmination of five evolutionary breakthroughs, starting from the very first brains, all the way to the modern human brains. Each breakthrough emerged from new sets of brain modifications, and equipped animals with a new suite of intellectual faculties.

These five breakthroughs are the organising map to this book, and they make up our itinerary for our adventure back in time. Each brea