TY - GEN AU - Bennett, Max S. TI - A brief history of intelligence: Why the evolution of the brain holds the key to the future of AI SN - 978-0008560133 U1 - 573.8609 PY - 2024/// CY - London PB - William Collins KW - artificial intelligence KW - brain KW - history KW - biological evolution KW - nervous system N1 - Recommended by: Keval Kumar; Content: The world before brains Breakthrough #1: Steering and the first bilaterians The birth of good bad The origin of emotion Associating, predicting, and the dawn of learning Breakthrough #2: Reinforcing and the first vertebrates The Cambrian explosion The evolution of Temporal Difference Learning The problems of pattern recognition Why life got curious The first model of the world Breakthrough #3: Simulating and the first mammals The neural dark ages Generative models and the neocortical mystery Mice in the imaginarium Model-based reinforcement learning The secret to dishwashing robots Breakthrough #4: Mentalizing and the first primates The arms race for political savvy How to model other minds Monkey hammers and self-driving cars Why rats can't go grocery shopping Breakthrough #5: Speaking and the first humans The search for human uniqueness Language in the brain The perfect storm ChatGPT and the window into the mind Conclusion: the sixth breakthrough ER -