On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 7:24 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://numenta.org/ > > An organization formed by Jeff Hawkins (inventor of the Palm Pilot) to > study artificial intelligence. Hawkins idea is that lower level modules in > the brain continually try to predict what signals they will next receive; > and it is only when the predictions fail that signals are passed up to > higher (more interconnected) modules, and it is at the highest level they > become conscious thoughts. > I read his book "On Intelligence" a few years ago and recommend it. It is quite interesting and has some nice ideas on how to implement an AGI. It conveys a lot of information on neuroscience with a strong focus on the visual cortex. He even derives a machine learning model from his ideas, and it appears to have practical applications: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_temporal_memory On the other hand, the excitement appears to have fizzled out after some initial hype, but maybe I'm just unaware of further progress. Will look into it. Pro: I really appreciate his "it's time for computer science to tackle the brain" attitude, focused on actually building things; Con: He dismisses the mind-body problem by essentially claiming that consciousness doesn't even exist. It annoys me, but I can tolerate it because he delivers interesting ideas and models on the practical side of things. Best, Telmo. > > Brent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
