Table of Contents
Foreword Richard Dawkins vii
Part 1 A New Understanding of the Brain 1
1 Old Brain-New Brain 11
2 Vernon Mountcastle's Big Idea 21
3 A Model of the World in Your Head 29
4 The Brain Reveals Its Secrets 39
5 Maps in the Brain 57
6 Concepts, Language, and High-Level Thinking 69
7 The Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence 91
Part 2 Machine Intelligence 113
8 Why There Is No "I" in AI 119
9 When Machines Are Conscious 135
10 The Future of Machine Intelligence 145
11 The Existential Risks of Machine Intelligence 161
Part 3 Human Intelligence 171
12 False Beliefs 173
13 The Existential Risks of Human Intelligence 185
14 Merging Brains and Machines 199
15 Estate Planning for Humanity 209
16 Genes Versus Knowledge 223
Final Thoughts 241
Suggested Readings 247
Acknowledgments 255
Illustration Credits 259
Index 261