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In this final video in the series, Jeff Hawkins, author of A Thousand Brains, talks with Christy Maver, VP of Marketing at Numenta, about the last section of his new book, Part Three: Human Intelligence. Jeff briefly discusses each chapter in this section, from why people create false beliefs to estate planning for humanity. They conclude with Jeff’s final thoughts about the book. #athousandbrains
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A
So
this
is
our
fourth
and
final
video
in
our
series
covering
the
book
and
in
this
video
we're
going
to
talk
about
part
three
human
intelligence.
I've
been
really
excited
to
talk
to
you
about
this
part.
I've
mentioned
before
and
in
some
of
our
other
videos.
How?
I
think
many
of
the
ideas
in
this
section
will
will
surprise
people.
So
you
know
this.
A
The
section
of
this
book
is
really
about
how
human
intelligence
has
been
the
reason
for
much
of
our
success
as
a
species,
but
it
also
is
an
existential
threat
in
itself,
and
you
you
address
what
that
means,
and
you
provide
some
ideas
of
of
how
we
can
address
that.
So
I
thought
maybe
what
we
would
do
for
this
section
is
go
through.
You
know
you
have
a
five
chapters
in
this
section
and
just
have
you
talk
about
you
know
at
a
high
level,
each
chapter
in
part
three
yeah.
B
That's
a
good
idea.
I
should
start
before
we
do
that.
I
should
point
out
that
this
chapter
this
section
covers
a
lot
of
different
topics,
as
you
point
out:
they're
all
related
to
intelligence
and
they're
all
tied
together
in
some
ways.
However,
these
are
these:
are
it's
all
about
things
that
are
going
to
happen
in
the
future
and
things
that
might
happen
in
the
future
and
and
and
so
in
some
sense
you
could
say
they're
speculative.
B
I,
the
point
is
that
I
think
these
are
things
we
should
be
talking
about
and-
and
I'm
gonna
make
some
proposals
in
this-
these
chapters,
which
I
think
are
they're
there,
not
because
I'm
trying
to
tell
people
what
we
should
do,
I'm
trying
to
suggest
things
new
ways
of
thinking
about
things
that
ways
we
haven't
thought
about
them
before,
and-
and
so
it's
just
it's
to
be
provocative
in
that
sense,
not
provocative
to
get
your
hackles
up,
but
provocative
and
say
hey.
I
hadn't
thought
about
that.
You
know.
B
Yeah,
I
think
maybe
you
know
I'll
just
tie
back.
You
know
the
forward.
The
book
was
written
by
richard
dawkins,
the
biologist
and
he
loved
this
section
of
the
book
because
he
he
sent
this
out
you'll
see
it
in
his
forward.
He
said
like
there's
all
these
great
new
ideas
here.
You
know
we
know
you
should
think
about
this
stuff.
So
I
was
really
pleased
by
that.
Okay.
So,
let's,
let's
do
it.
A
A
B
Yeah,
I
think
this
is
something
that's
been
on
my
mind,
my
whole
life
and
it's
it's
the
fact
that
humans
believe
different
things
and
deeply,
and
we
can't
all
be
right.
That
is
there's
there's
there
aren't
multiple
realities.
You
know
what
I'm
saying,
there's
one
reality
and
we
may
not
know
it,
but
there's
one,
and
so
we
just.
B
We
need
to
acknowledge
the
fact
that
when
we
believe
different
things,
then
we
can't
all
be
right,
and
I
and
I
have
a
now
that
we
understand
how
the
neocortex
of
the
brain
learns
to
model
the
world
and
what
it
means
to
be
intelligent.
We
can
put
a
little
bit
more
meat
around
that
idea.
We
can
say:
okay,
what
is
a
false
belief?
Well,
how
does
that
occur?
How
can
the
brain
believe?
B
Something
which
is
false,
and
the
shorter
answer
is-
and
this
is
surprising-
but
it's
well
understood
among
neuroscientists-
is
that
we
don't
actually
perceive
the
world
we
perceive
the
model
of
the
world
in
our
head.
I
I
know
it
doesn't
feel
like
that.
It
feels
like
you're
looking
at
the
world
you're,
seeing
something
you
know,
but
in
reality
that's
not
what's
actually
happening.
B
You're
you're,
getting
sensory
input
from
the
world,
but
the
way
you
perceive
it
is
the
model
and
and
all
their-
and
I
give
examples
to
make
this
case,
and
and-
and
so
you
know,
if
our
models
are
different-
we
perceive
the
world
differently,
and-
and
so
this
is
an
inherent
problem
of
the
way
or
a
problem.
The
way
the
brain
is
structured.
B
B
But
if
I
hear
someone
describe
the
history
of
the
united
states
and
someone
else
describes
the
history
of
the
united
states,
they
may
tell
you
in
different
years
different
words
and
we
end
up
with
different
beliefs
anyway,
so
I
go
through
a
series
of
examples
of
how
brains
can
have
false
beliefs.
Some
of
them
are,
you
know,
very
biologically,
based
there's
a
there's.
An
example
of
you
know:
people
who've
lost
a
limb
like
an
arm.
The
brain
still
has
a
model
of
the
arm
and
they
believe
the
arm
is
there.
B
They
sense
the
arm.
They
say
I
have
this
arm,
even
though
it's
gone,
they
can
see
this
missing,
but
the
brain
says
it's
there
still.
So
these
are
the
kind
of
weird
things
can
happen
so
anyway,
I
developed
this.
You
know
talk
about
the
nature
of
false
beliefs,
how
we're
all
susceptible
to
them
and
what
are
they
sort
of
core
biological
or
brain
principles
underlying
them
and
and
then
you
know
what
we
might
do
about
that-
how
we
could
go
about
that.
B
B
That's
and
you'll
see
at
the
very
end
of
the
book.
I
make
the
plea
that
we
should
be
teaching
this
to
every
child,
how
their
brain
works,
because
one
of
the
things
you
need
to
know
about
your
brain
works
is
they
can't
have
false
beliefs.
You
know
and
they're
hard
hard
to
know
them,
and
so
how
are
you
gonna?
How
are
we
gonna
tackle
that
so
anyway?
I
that
chapter,
I
think,
is
important
and
it
leads
into
the
next
one.
B
I
really
do
believe:
there's
an
existential
risk
to
our
own
intelligence,
and-
and
this
has
to
basically
the
idea
here-
is
that
we
have
this
intelligent
part
of
our
brain,
the
70
of
our
brain,
that's
the
neocortex,
which
makes
us
really
smart
or
smart,
smarter
than
other
species,
and
we
have
language.
We
all
these
things
that
really
make
us
capable
and
we
can
build
powerful
tools
and
powerful
technologies.
B
But
we're
still
paired
with
this
older
part
of
the
brain
30
of
our
brain
is
the
older
part
of
the
brain
which
are
our
primitive
emotions
and
desires.
And
and-
and
you
know
they
make
us-
do
bad
things.
You
know
well
they're
good
from
an
evolutionary
point
of
view,
but
they're
not
necessarily
good
from
a
humanity.
Point
of
view-
and
so
we
are
this
conflicted
brain
here-
we
have
this
old
parts
of
the
brain
which
are
like
you
know.
B
And
so
I
I'm
trying
to
at
least
point
out
the
role
that
intelligence
plays
in
these
existential
risks
and
and
and
just
clearly
lay
out
the
the
the
different
components
that
underlying,
as
opposed
to
saying,
oh
we're
destroying
the
earth.
But
what
part
of
our
brain
is
destroying
the
earth?
And
why
and
how
these
different
things
you
know.
B
B
Yeah
I
bought
this.
You
know
this
is
something
that
I
know
there's
a
a
lot
of
people
are
working
on
this.
These
are,
and
I've
talked
about
two
basic
things
here.
This
idea
that
you
could
upload
your
brain
into
a
machine
and
therefore
free
yourself
live
forever
as
an
intelligent
machine
like
you
could
be
the
same
person
in
a
machine.
B
This
is
a
common
science
fiction
theme,
but
it's
also
people
really
want
to
do
it
and
they're
working
at
it
and
the
other
one
is
the
other
basic
concept
I
talk
about.
This
chapter
is
merging
brains
with
machines
like
okay,
I'm
still
a
biological
person,
but
I'm
going
to
have
a
probe
in
my
brain,
which
is
now
massively
computing.
You
know
connecting
to
computers
and
so
on,
and
I
talked
about
the
the
possibilities
of
this
the
limits
of
it.
Is
it
really
doable
or
not
doable?
B
What
are
the
one
of
the
issues
associated
with
this?
And-
and
I
because
there's
a
lot
of
chatter
about
this
in
certain
communities
and
and
people
think
about
this,
but
I
don't
think
they're
thinking
about
it
correctly.
Many
people
are
not
really
understanding.
What
does
it
mean
to
upload
your
brain
into
a
computer?
What
what
does
that
really
mean?
You
know
it
sounds
simple
yeah.
B
I
can
upload
my
brain
to
the
video
I'll,
be
there
wonderful,
but
if
you
walk
through
it
a
bit,
it's
like
it's
not
so
easy
and,
and
you
may
and
here's
the
thing
I
think,
might
be
a
little
controversial.
I
pointed
out
that
I
don't
think
you
would
like
the
result.
I
don't
think
people
really
want
to
do
this
and
they
haven't
thought
through
it
enough
to
understand
why
so
I
make
the
case
for
that
anyway,
it's
sort
of
a
completing
the
picture
chapter.
B
It's
like,
I
know,
there's
people
who
think
about
intelligence
and
think
about
brains
who
are
interested
in
these
things,
and
I
and
I
felt
like
okay.
This
is
not
the
major
theme
in
my
book,
but
we've
learned
something
about
intelligence
in
brains.
That
implies
to
those
those
ideas,
and
I
thought
it
was
really
worthwhile.
Having
that
discussion
about
you
know
what
what?
What's
it
really
like.
A
B
Yeah
yeah,
I
I
think
some
even
some
of
our
own
employees
are
a
little
like
really
I
want
them
to
do
that.
You
know
I
want
to
upload
my
brain.
I
want
to
upload
my
brain.
Don't
you
want
upgrade
your
brain.
I
said:
okay!
Well,
let's
just
walk
through
it
again
you
might
want
to,
but
I
just
again
I
think
people
haven't
thought
through
it
completely.
So
I'm
trying
to
do
more
of
that
in
that
chapter,
yeah.
A
B
Yeah
this
this
actually
is
a
sort
of
the
introductory
to
the
next
chapter.
In
some
sense,
so
they
kind
of
go
together
but
estate
planning
for
beyonce.
Well,
let's
review
what
estate
planning
is
essay
planning?
Is
you
something
do
while
you're
living,
which
is
really
has
its
only
benefit
when
you're
gone
right.
B
It's
it's
not
gonna
help
me,
but
it'll
help
the
people
beyond
me
and
my
children
or
other
people
whatever,
and
so
I've
asked
the
question.
Well
what
you
know
humans
are
not
gonna
survive
forever.
That's
a
fact.
This
is
there's
a
fact
that
we're
not
going
to
survive
that
we
don't
know
how
long
we'll
survive.
You
know
we
could
survive
a
thousand
years
or
500
years
or
maybe
a
million
years
or
maybe
even
a
billion
years.
B
B
That
would
make
our
life
more
meaningful
our
existence
more
meaningful
after
we're
gone
as
individuals,
but
as
a
species,
and
I
hadn't
really
read
anything
about
this
before.
Maybe
some
people
have
written
about
it,
but
I
was
not
aware
of
it
and
I
think
it's
an
interesting
thing
to
think
about,
and
essentially
in
relationship
to
humanity,
intelligence,
because
if
you
ask
what's
unique
about
us,
what's
unique
about
humans,
what
would
we
want
to
preserve?
What
would
what
would
we
have
to
offer
the
future
if
we
weren't
here
anymore?
B
B
How
can
I
impact
the
future
and
and-
and
so
when
you
think
about
that,
you-
you
tend
to
be
a
little
bit
more-
I'm
trying
to
think
of
the
right
word
for
this,
but
you
think
a
little
bit
more.
How
do
I
benefit
the
future
as
opposed
to
what's
benefiting
me,
and
I
think
we
could
do
that
a
bit
thinking
about
humanity
and
intelligence,
and
so
that
that
chapter
has
several
very
specific
proposals
about
what
we
might
do
to
preserve
the
knowledge
about
ourselves.
B
B
B
I
mean
it's
great,
that
we
we
enjoy
life
and
we
raise
our
children
and,
and
we
love
one
another,
and
these
are
all
good
things,
but
we
can
also
think
about
you
know
what
is
the
broader
goals
we
might
want
to
achieve
of
the
arc
of
history,
and
I
make
the
I
basically,
the
title
of
the
chapter
genes
versus
knowledge
is
to
is
to
make
us
realize
that
life
has
all
been
about
genes,
our
genetic
competition
and
sense,
darwinian,
competition,
competition.
That
has
been
what
life
has
been
about
until
fairly
recently
and
in
humans.
B
We
have
a
new
thing
going
on.
We
have
knowledge
about
the
world.
Intelligence
is
an
embodiment
of
knowledge
about
the
world.
We've
built
a
model
of
the
world
in
our
head
and
we're
expanding
it
rapidly,
and
that
itself
is
a
thing
worth.
Preserving
knowledge
itself
can
replicate
and
be
preserved
and
genes
can
replicate
and
be
preserved
and
and
just
understanding
that
that
these
are
two
sort
of
competing
forces.
Now
you
know,
and
can
we
as
a
species
move
from
you
know
coming
out
of
our
ancestral
roots
of
being
all
about
genetic
evolution
and
survival?
B
Can
we
transition
to
one
where
we're
more
primarily
focused
on
our
our
evolution
and
development
of
knowledge
about
the
world
and
and
the
preservation
of
knowledge
about
the
world,
which
is
really
what
defines
us?
Otherwise,
you
know
if
you
take
away
our
brains
and
intelligence,
we're
just
like
you
know,
might
as
well
be
a
squid,
so
nothing's
wrong
about
squids
they're,
pretty
smart
too.
So
sorry
about
that
for
all
those
squids
out
there.
But
anyway
it's
it's
really
sort
of
the
sort
of
completing
the
arc
of
like
okay.
B
A
Well
and
one
thing:
I'm
excited
for
readers
to
see
you
alluded
to
it
earlier
and
I
don't
want
to
give
it
away
literally
the
end
of
the
book.
You
have
a
section
on
final
thoughts
which
which
really
you
know
kind
of
not
only
summarizes
the
book,
but
also
really
makes
clear
what
you're
hoping
people
will
get
out
of
it.
I
I
found
it
hopeful.
I
found
it
actionable
and
I
think
I
think
people
will
leave
this
book
on
on
a
positive
note
where
they,
I
just
don't
think
they
will
think
about
themselves.
B
Yeah,
I
still
hope
I
mean
I
mean,
as
we
just
talked
about
these
last
few
chapters
are
pretty
highfalutin.
You
know,
like
you,
know,
we're
talking
about
the
future
of
humanity
and
traveling
through
space
yeah,
all
this
stuff
right
and
then
like,
but
like
okay,
but
we
all
have
to
get
up
tomorrow
and
put
our
clothes
on
and
take
care
of,
our
children
and
so
on,
and
but
how
do
we?
How
do
we
sort
of
you
know?
Let's
bring
it
back
down
to
the
everyday?
B
How
do
we
take
our
who
we
are
right
now
and
how?
How
can
we
act
today
in
an
actionable
way,
as
you
say,
to
to
move
forward
as
a
species,
and-
and
I
tried
to
bring
that
back
at
the
very
end
of
the
book,
because
you
know
you
don't
want
to
leave
it
hanging
like
you
know
some
sci-fi
novel.
You
know
it's
like
now
we're
here
we
gotta
live
we're
gonna.
A
It
very
excited
for
the
book
to
come
out
it
launches
on
march,
2nd
it's
available
for
pre-order
now
and
we'll
share
the
amazon
link
in
the
youtube
description.
But
thank
you
jeff
for
talking
through
the
book
in
this
video
series
and
hope
you
all
enjoyed
watching
it.
We
hope
you'll
enjoy
even
more
reading
it
and
look
forward
to
future
discussions
about
it.
Yeah.
B
B
Christine
takes
well
over
a
year
to
do
this,
maybe
a
year
and
a
half,
but
but
I
do
think
the
ideas
are
worth
discussing
and
the
ideas
are
worth
knowing,
and
so
the
goal
of
the
book
is
to
have
people
understand
something
about
themselves
that
they
didn't
know
before
and
to
think
about
their
lives,
perhaps
in
different
ways
they
hadn't
done
before,
and
I
think
about
ai
in
different
ways.
They
hadn't
thought
before
and
so
to
me.