Chapter 5: A New Framework of Intelligence

• The memory-prediction framework of intelligence.
• What is understanding? Hawkins claims that it is using memory to make predictions.
• Prediction can occur simultaneously in multiple areas of the neocortex (visual, auditory, etc.).
• Hawkins claims that prediction is the primary function of the neocortex.
• What is the relationship between prediction and behavior?
• Prediction does not need to be exact.
• Many I.Q. tests involve prediction.
• Science involves prediction.
• Memory and prediction allow an animal to use its old brain more effectively.
• In humans, the powerful memory-prediction system can lead to sophisticated new behaviors.
• Larger brains have anterior (front) and posterior (back) regions. The posterior region is devoted to sensory inputs. The anterior region is devoted to the motor cortex and higher order reasoning.
• Humans have a particularly large anterior region that plays a dominant role in behavior. Perhaps it directs behavior to satisfy its predictions.