Recode Decode: Donna Dubinsky and Jeff Hawkins, co-founders, Numenta

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2016

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Donna Dubinsky and Jeff Hawkins — the co-founders of Palm, Handspring and Numenta — talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their efforts to decode the human brain. They say everything that makes us human, from language to art to engineering, derives from the same learning algorithm, and Numenta hopes to ultimately teach that algorithm to a machine. Dubinsky and Hawkins explain why we shouldn't be afraid that machines will take over the world and why they believe artificial intelligence will drive advancements in technology for the rest of the century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's sponsor is Casper, an online retailer of premium mattresses for a fraction of the price.
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0:34.0	Recode radio presents Recode Decode, hosted by Cara Swisher, powered by digital media.
0:42.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, executive editor of Recode.
0:45.0	You may know me as the person who convinced the Tribune Company it changed its name to trunk,
0:49.0	but in my spare time I talked tech and you're listening to Recode Decode,
0:52.0	a podcast about tech and media's key players, big ideas, and how they're changing the world we live in.
0:57.0	You can subscribe to Recode Decode at iTunes.com slash Recode Decode,
1:02.0	and while you're there, leave us a review.
1:04.0	Today in the red chair are Donner D'Binsky and Jeff Hawkins, who I've known for a dog's age.
1:09.0	They're the co-founders of Numenta, along with a lot of other companies.
1:13.0	Numenta is a machine intelligence company that tries to help other companies take action based on data.
1:18.0	They've been at it for a long time, well before this trend has become a big one in Silicon Valley.
1:23.0	They first teamed up in 1992 at Palm, which is one of the pioneering, I don't know, smartphone companies,
1:29.0	where Donner was the CEO and they also co-founded Handspring, a company that made the trio's smartphone.
1:35.0	Donner and Jeff, welcome to the show.
1:37.0	Happy to be here.
1:38.0	And you're still together after all these years.
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