Table of Contents

Prologue 1

1. Artificial Intelligence 9
2. Neural Networks 23
3. The Human Brain 40
4. Memory 65
5. A New Framework of Intelligence 85
6. How the Cortex Works 106
7. Consciousness and Creativity 177
8. The Future of Intelligence 205

Epilogue 234

Appendix: Testable Predictions 237

Bibliography 247

Acknowledgements 253

Index 255