(There is also an interesting discussion between Dileep George and Yan in the comments!) --------- Matt Taylor OS Community Flag-Bearer Numenta
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's what Facebook ML Director Yan LeCun had to say about Vicarious > breaking CAPTCHAs recently: > > https://plus.google.com/+YannLeCunPhD/posts/Qwj9EEkUJXY > --------- > Matt Taylor > OS Community Flag-Bearer > Numenta > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >> Well, we would know that if Vicarious open-sourced their algorithms. ;-) >> --------- >> Matt Taylor >> OS Community Flag-Bearer >> Numenta >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:15 AM, David Ragazzi <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Certainly a good news if we face Dileep George as a "son" or former partner >>> of Numenta, but a not so good news if we face Vicarious as a Numenta >>> concurrent when the subject is research funds.. A question: Do Zuckerberg >>> knows about Numenta? I aren't trying take a position on this question, but >>> as far I know Vicarious uses a non biological architecture (i.e. a non >>> neural networks approach) to simulate neocortex which is not insteresting to >>> many of us and much less useful for neuroscientists interested in a real >>> biological simulation, not a simulation of the neocortex functional >>> properties.. Well, maybe I'm wrong... >>> >>> >>> On 26 March 2014 13:20, Jeff Fohl <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I thought people on this list might be interested in this news tidbit, >>>> about Vicarious picking up a major round of investment: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/03/21/zuckerberg-musk-invest-in-artificial-intelligence-company-vicarious/ >>>> >>>> - Jeff >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> nupic mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> David Ragazzi >>> OS Community Commiter >>> Numenta.org >>> -- >>> "I think James Connonly, the Irish revolutionary, is right when he says that >>> the only prophets are those who make their future. So we're not >>> anticipating, we're working for it." >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nupic mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org >>> _______________________________________________ nupic mailing list [email protected] http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org
