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Jeff Hawkins is a neuroscientist and cofounder of Numenta, a neuroscience research company. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (10:35) - Collective intelligence
  (17:17) - The origin of intelligence in the human brain
  (30:31) - How intelligent life evolved on Earth
  (41:30) - Why humans are special in the universe
  (44:48) - Neurons
  (49:02) - A Thousand Brains theory of intelligence
  (57:42) - How to build superintelligent AI
  (1:15:41) - Sam Harris and existential risk of AI
  (1:27:43) - Neuralink
  (1:34:34) - Will AI prevent the self-destruction of human civilization?
  (1:40:05) - Communicating human knowledge to alien civilizations
  (1:50:22) - Devil’s advocate
  (1:55:16) - Human nature
  (2:03:39) - Hardware for AI
  (2:10:18) - Advice for young people

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