Appraisals – The Self-Assembling Brain

InnoVirtuoso Review: How Neural Networks Grow Smarter, According to Peter Robin Hiesinger

September 1, 2025

Review from August 16, 2025, originally published here: https://innovirtuoso.com/artificial-intelligence/the-self-assembling-brain-kindle-edition-review-how-neural-networks-grow-smarter-according-to-peter-robin-hiesinger/ Table of Contents What would it take to build a brain from scratch—and could artificial intelligence skip the long, messy process nature uses? If those questions make your neurons fire, Peter Robin Hiesinger’s The Self-Assembling Brain: How Neural Networks Grow Smarter will feel like a guided lab tour through the deepest…

Book Review by Chris Shayan

May 23, 2025

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originally published here: https://www.chrisshayan.com/blog-posts/the-self-assembling-brain Book Review The Self-Assembling Brain Peter Robin Hiesinger’s The Self-Assembling Brain offers a fascinating exploration of how neural networks grow smarter. The book delves into the intricate process of brain development, drawing parallels between biological and artificial neural networks. Hiesinger’s engaging writing style makes complex scientific concepts accessible to a wide audience.One of the book’s key…

Book Review by Aaron Prather

October 23, 2023

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originally published on linkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/amprather_ai-activity-7109242104911941632-vBmy Aaron Prather Director, Robotics & Autonomous Systems Program at ASTM International As we continue to ponder where #AI is going, it is probably a good idea to look at our own brains and how we developed our own intelligence. This was one of the reasons I picked up a copy of “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧: 𝐇𝐨𝐰…

Book Review in Mathemafrica

April 16, 2023

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originally published here by Jonathan Shock on April 9, 2023 Science so often lives in silos, or perhaps more accurately silos of Babel. We sit in our offices, ignoring a great deal of what is happening down the corridor from us, let alone in the building next door or the one on the other side of the campus. A lot…

Book Review: Who is the smartest of all of us?

February 18, 2023

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Originally published Jan 11, 2023 on breathwork-science.org and Science of Psychotherapy by Gunnel Minett How the brain works and how the neurones link up and develop is something that has intrigued science throughout history. What makes a neural network intelligent? Is it genes behind this process (connectivity) or is it the environment (learning)? Today science is busy trying to create…

Growing Your Brain!

September 21, 2022

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A Review of Peter Robin Hiesinger’s Self-Assembling Brain by Robert Thibadeau on medium.com This is a very intertesting take on The Self-Assembling Brain by a senior expert on natural language processing. Robert Thibadeau trained with Roger Schank, is an emeritus of Carnegie Mellon University, and writes and teaches about cognitive science, AI, machine learning, and is one of the founding…

Peter Rupprecht’s Intuition about the Brain – a Book Review

July 5, 2022

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On December 31, 2021, the neuroscientist Peter Rupprecht from the Brain Research Institute at the University of Zürich published a book review of The Self-Assembling Brain as the topic of his annual end-of-the-year report on intuitions about the brain. This is such a thoughtful review, both in its praise and critique, that I asked Peter for permission to post it…

Reviews on goodreads.com

October 28, 2021

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Goodreads is the world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations. It provides an interactive platform for all books of the world to be discussed, reviewed and recommended to fellow readers. As of October 2021, The Self-Assembling Brain has been added by 150 readers and received 11 ratings with an average of 4.73 (out of 5). The reviews are truly…

In-Depth Book Review and Interview on TechTalks and VentureBeat

August 18, 2021

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You can find a very thoughtful book review, summary and discussion of questions arising from The Self-Assembling Brain in the in-depth book review from August 16 at TechTalks here. The same review was also picked up by the VentureBeat, a leading media authority in artificial intelligence and machine learning. TechTalks is an influential site that examines trends in technology, how…

June 8 release in the UK and Europe

June 9, 2021

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One month after the May 4 release in the US, The Self-Assembling Brain has just been released in the UK and Europe! Thanks to a wonderful review in the journal Science, and a very well-attended lecture and discussion at the Royal Institution, The Self-Assembling Brain has hit it off well on the Amazon bestseller lists in the US, UK and…

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