Brains Minds Machines
The Mystery of Human Intelligence, the Enigmas of the Artificial
$134.50
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2026
Summary
An exploration of the past, present, and possible futures of AI from an AI pioneer.
Intelligence remains an open mystery. The fact that only humans possess language, alphabets, and science doesn’t grant us a monopoly on it. We share our existence with millions of other species, both animal and plant, each endowed with such a diverse range of cognitive abilities that they form an almost infinite spectrum of intelligences.
Brains Minds Machines explores these intelligen…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262054362 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262054361 |
| Author: | Tomaso Poggio, Marco Magrini Magrini |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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ENDORSEMENTS
“From one of the founding minds of AI, a sweeping and delightfully readable journey through the science of intelligence—and what it means for our world and our future.”
—Theodoros Evgeniou, Professor of Technology and Business, INSEAD
“An exploration of biological and artificial intelligence, and what they mean for society, from the perspective of a passionate scientific pioneer—informative, enjoyable, and thought-provoking.”
—Pietro Perona, Allen E. Puckett Professor of Electrical Engineering and director of Computation and Neural Systems, California Institute of Technology
“A deeply insightful and personal exploration of intelligence, natural or otherwise, by one of the pioneers of neural learning and computational neuroscience, Poggio, brilliantly contrast the elegant, data-efficient learning of biological brains with the brute-force algorithms of modern AI, offering a vital roadmap for the future of artificial general intelligence.”
—Christof Koch, neuroscientist, Allen Institute for Brain Science; Chief Scientist, Tiny Blue Dot Foundation
Tomaso Poggio
Tomaso A. Poggio is Eugene McDermott Professor of Brain & Cognitive Sciences at MIT and the co-director of the NSF Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines at MIT. Among other awards he has received the 2009 Okawa Prize and the 2014 Swartz Prize. A founder of computational neuroscience, he is also a machine learning pioneer.
Marco Magrini is an Italian journalist and author. His book The Brain: A User’s Manual has been translated into ten languages, including Chinese, Spanish, and Portuguese. He is a regular columnist for Geographical, the Royal Geographical Society’s magazine.
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