My professor during my MSc program also recommended Chris Eliasmith's papers as above mentioned.. His talk on TED:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2HHJfovb5E On 31 March 2014 21:20, Chetan Surpur <[email protected]> wrote: > The full comment [1] is a useful read: > > Let a thousand flowers bloom > > On academic researchers having reservations about Hawkins approach, let me > say it's not all of us. > > I was doing my M.Sc. in Computer Intelligence by the time *On > Intelligence* was launched, and I have since followed his work with keen > interest. My M.Sc. professor's work is centred on Weightless Neural > Networks, a model largely developed in the UK which share many ideas with > Sparse Distributed Memory, so Hawkin's Cortical Learning Algorithm isn't > that alien to me. In fact I'm just now reviewing the CLA white paper with a > view to get some ideas for my Ph.D. research. > > Besides Hawkin's work, in the last years there have been other attempts at > modelling the brain that deserve mention. > > Chris Eliasmith's work on the Neural Engineering Framework (NEF) and > Semantic Pointer Architecture (SPA) is based on perceptron-like neurons and > gives more emphasis to pre-cortical brain structures. It's also more > academic-friendly, with a number of peer-reviewed papers published. He > recently published a book compiling the current state of his programme, How > to Build a > Brain<http://www.amazon.com/How-Build-Brain-Architecture-Architectures/dp/0199794545>, > and maintains a web page for his Nengo <http://nengo.ca/> neural > simulator. > > John Harris' Rewiring Neuroscience <http://www.rewiring-neuroscience.com/> is > an intriguing, highly heretical work that starts with a seemingly > out-of-the-blue assumption (what if neural output isn't a single bit, but > can in fact convey a range of values) and from that draws together a number > of overlooked results and fringe research into a surprisingly appealing > model of brain function. I have tried to > implement<https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225066202_A_Biologically-Based_Image_Template-Matching_Framework> > some > of his ideas with limited but encouraging results. > > I can't speak for other researchers, but personally I rather like all this > work on AI and computer intelligence coming from private companies. > Frankly, let to its own devices, academia does tend to drift around, and I > think the private sector's need for results and solutions to practical > problems is an important counterweight to this tendency. With the current > interest in architectural models of intelligence, and the "coopetition" > between companies and universities to achieve fulfilling implementations, > maybe we can make Ray Kurzweil's 2030's deadline? > > > I want to read John Harris's book, and will start it soon. > > Has anyone read the other book mentioned in the comment (How to Build a > Brain)? > > [1] > http://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/1/2014/03/29/hawkins_ai_feature/#c_2148782 > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 12:03 AM, Vinh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In the comment section, a guy mentioned John Harris and his book: >> http://www.rewiring-neuroscience.com/ >> >> Is there anyone who has read his book and his research? What do you think >> of his works? >> >> >> >> >> On Sunday 30,March,2014 06:47:10 AM SGT, Chetan Surpur wrote: >> >>> This is a pretty good overview on the history and approach Numenta is >>> taking towards machine intelligence. It's nice to see such balanced >>> and forward-thinking coverage :) >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Viraj Sinha <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> The Register published an extensive article on Jeff, goals for >>> Numenta, and how Numenta relates to other machine learning >>> approaches such as Vicarious. Check it out: >>> >>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/29/hawkins_ai_feature/ >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nupic mailing list >>> [email protected] <mailto:[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 >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > -- 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."
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