Just to add my 2cents - I don't know whether Jeff's HTM/CLA theories will ultimately be vindicated. I think there is a reasonable amount of empirical evidence so I believe the pursuit is worthwhile, but it's still too early to tell how successful we'll be.
Where I think Jeff's biggest contribution is, what he referred to in the final chapters of On Intelligence, and what I've heard many well known neuroscientists today refer to, is that he inspired a generation of neuroscientist and AI researchers. I know in my case, after about 25 years of very little progress in AI, this book re-kindled my imagination, and inspired me to dig deep into brain science, which just so happened to be starting to explode with new information, and I haven't skipped a day working on this issue since. Dean On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 2:12 PM, David Ragazzi <[email protected]>wrote: > I'll play the devil advocate here.. hehe > > What if Einstein had decided being a life insurance salesman (indeed this > was his B plan)? Necessarily other person could reach the same conclusion > about Relativity as there're more people thinking about physics.. > > I think Jeff just accelerated the process as he didn't see any relevant > moviment to design a framework for intelligence.. So I think that a global > framework woud be a matter of time.. Indeed already there're some atempts > about.. Chris Eliasmith's papers are a good example.. > > However this does not take away the merit of Hawkins.. His work is > extremally valuable and cutting edge .. What I mean is that one time or > another, a good framewrok could appear.. It could take years, could take > decades.. > > > On 16 April 2014 15:54, Viraj Sinha <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I know Jeff's come out and said that he felt neuroscience wasn't ready >> for what he wanted to work on when he decided to go into mobile computing >> first. The field matured, and Jeff gained capital and influence in the mean >> while . >> >> - viraj >> >> For what it's worth, I'd subscribe to a nupic-fanboy list. >> On Apr 16, 2014 2:45 PM, "Archie, Kevin" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'll go ahead and be crass: nothing was going to happen without the >>> money. I'm glad that Grok is getting real paying customers, but I imagine >>> the burn rate is still pretty crazy, so thanks to Jeff first for RNI (I >>> know a few people who were there, crazy smart and doing very nice work) and >>> now Grok. I don't know where NuPIC/CLA is going (In short: I'm skeptical >>> but am watching with great interest) but I admire the hell out of Jeff for >>> putting so much of his time and energy and, yes, money into this. >>> >>> - Kevin >>> >>> p.s. Did I just write that? Maybe we need a nupic-fanboy list. >>> >>> On Apr 16, 2014, at 1:23 PM, Pradeepto Bhattacharya wrote: >>> >>> > Hi, >>> > >>> > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:40 PM, Aseem Hegshetye >>> > <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> Hi, >>> >> Where would CLA be today if Jeff Hawkins would not have done mobile >>> computing for 16 years !! >>> >> just curious >>> > >>> > Come to think of it, where would mobile computing be if Jeff hadn't >>> > done it for 16 years. Our lives are enriched today with many >>> > technologies thanks to Palm and Handspring. And today Jeff can spend >>> > time on NuPIC and CLA because I am sure he learnt a bunch of things >>> > there at Palm and Handspring - think Graffiti. And maybe even how to >>> > run a successful technology company. >>> > >>> > Also, in last 16 years, neuroscience and computing in general has gone >>> > ahead leaps and bounds. That does help as well, don't you think so? >>> > How much fun would it be to wait for models to be created on Pentium >>> > I/II boxes? ;) >>> > >>> > Regards, >>> > >>> > Pradeepto >>> > -- >>> > Pradeepto Kumar Bhattacharya >>> > KDE e.V. Board of Director | Proud KDE Contributor >>> > The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > nupic mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> >>> The material in this message is private and may contain Protected >>> Healthcare Information (PHI). If you are not the intended recipient, be >>> advised that any unauthorized use, disclosure, copying or the taking of any >>> action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly >>> prohibited. 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