Jeff Hawkins, the founder of Palm wrote a book which I read two years ago entitled 'On Intelligence', http://www.amazon.com/Intelligence-Jeff-Hawkins/dp/0805078533/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-1358683-8424466?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1172895213&sr=1-1 which outlines his theories on how the human brain works. He is now running a startup which is focused on creating software which can mimic human intelligence. This is probably one of the most ambitious undertakings in science and business right and one that Eric Schmidt at Google indicated that they are pursuing as well. It's exciting to think of how solutions from the research done at both companies will effect society and roll-out as products which we can use. I would imagine that the most immediate practical application will be in making online search a lot more powerful and useful. I'm imagining the computer working with me in my search to help me find the best results. Longer term I'm sure we'll see machine intelligence which can perform problem solving which will displace current human endeavors.
Read more at wired http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.03/hawkins.html
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