Very nice!
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Matt Taylor
OS Community Flag-Bearer
Numenta

On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 1:32 PM, cogmission (David Ray)
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Apparently the author (Alex) responded very positively to my
> posting/critique. See his answer here:
> http://www.science20.com/physics_foundations/blog/numenta_the_bruce_lee_of_ai_and_deep_learning-154801#comment-185209
>
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 1:40 PM, cogmission (David Ray)
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Here's my response to another article:
>> http://www.science20.com/physics_foundations/blog/numenta_the_bruce_lee_of_ai_and_deep_learning-154801#comment-185209
>>
>> @Alex,
>>
>> Numenta doesn't do deep learning in any sense of the word. The two
>> approaches are distinct. Numenta's algorithms are true recreations of
>> neurological processes and are (hate to say it so explicitly) superior to
>> processes utilizing simple network nodes. Deep learning has taken us a
>> certain distance and is very useful up to a point - I don't mean to really
>> "rank" any particular approach, however, Numenta's algorithms are a quantum
>> leap ahead of what's currently happening with network nodes. Mind you,
>> Numenta is just getting started so its like comparing analog watches made
>> from cogs and wheels to unfinished circuitry comprising a watch circuit
>> board made from discrete digital components. Right now the "cogs and wheels"
>> are getting superior results, but when the digital circuit board is finished
>> - the shift in result quality will not even be comparable in scale!
>> Metaphorically, it won't matter how good the cogs and wheels are, and within
>> how many milliseconds the accuracy can be controlled - when Numenta is
>> finished, its scale will be in the nano-seconds and unreachable by the "cogs
>> and wheels" technology.
>>
>> Read more:
>> http://www.science20.com/physics_foundations/blog/numenta_the_bruce_lee_of_ai_and_deep_learning-154801#ixzz3XJIPHAn5
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 11:08 AM, cogmission (David Ray)
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Here's another article featuring Subutai! Nicely done!
>>> http://phys.org/news/2015-04-ibm-peers-numenta-machine-intelligence.html
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 6:07 AM, cogmission (David Ray)
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey Fergal!
>>>>
>>>> Where have you been? Thanks for the links, and specifically pointing to
>>>> Jeff's talk at Sandia.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 4:15 AM, Fergal Byrne
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> This (partially rehashed) piece [1] is a bit better.
>>>>>
>>>>> [1]
>>>>> http://phys.org/news/2015-04-ibm-peers-numenta-machine-intelligence.html
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 10:11 AM, Fergal Byrne
>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +1 to that idea.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Someone started this thread [1] on Reddit a few hours ago. For once,
>>>>>> the conversation is sane and informed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1]
>>>>>> http://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/321qtg/what_is_ibm_looking_for_in_numenta/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Eric and I have already contributed comments, feel free to join in.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fergal Byrne
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 5:38 AM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'll bring it up, thanks for the suggestion.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ---------
>>>>>>> Matt Taylor
>>>>>>> OS Community Flag-Bearer
>>>>>>> Numenta
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 8:56 PM, cogmission (David Ray)
>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> > @rhyolight - David's suggestion sounds good to me? What do you
>>>>>>> > think?
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 9:11 PM, David Wood <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> Reaching out to both journalists with an offer of a fresh
>>>>>>> >> interview might
>>>>>>> >> be a good idea.
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> Regards,
>>>>>>> >> Dave
>>>>>>> >> --
>>>>>>> >> http://about.me/david_wood
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> On Apr 9, 2015, at 12:49, Robert Smith <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> >> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> David,
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> >Very interesting. It still amazes me that articles can be written
>>>>>>> >> > without
>>>>>>> >> > much
>>>>>>> >> >knowledge of the subject matter (re: statements that assess
>>>>>>> >> > overall
>>>>>>> >> > status
>>>>>>> >> >and quality comparisons).
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> As the second article that popped up (
>>>>>>> >> http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/09/ibm-numenta-ai-software/ )
>>>>>>> >> seems to just
>>>>>>> >> be a rehash of the first with no independent research, I guess you
>>>>>>> >> will have
>>>>>>> >> to be ready to be amazed again.
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> On 8 April 2015 at 17:24, David Ray <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> >> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> Thanks Robert!
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> Very interesting. It still amazes me that articles can be written
>>>>>>> >>> without
>>>>>>> >>> much knowledge of the subject matter (re: statements that assess
>>>>>>> >>> overall
>>>>>>> >>> status and quality comparisons).
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> For instance:
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> Numenta’s algorithms also operate in a network, but they are
>>>>>>> >>> aimed at
>>>>>>> >>> faithfully recreating the behavior of repeating circuits of
>>>>>>> >>> roughly 100
>>>>>>> >>> neurons found in the outer layer of the brain called the
>>>>>>> >>> neocortex.
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> The number "100" was clearly pulled out of thin air.
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> And:
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> Marcus says Hawkins’s algorithms mimic only some of the known
>>>>>>> >>> mechanisms
>>>>>>> >>> at work in the brain, and that the majority of its function still
>>>>>>> >>> remains a
>>>>>>> >>> mystery. Demonstrations of Numenta’s technology have so far been
>>>>>>> >>> limited, he
>>>>>>> >>> adds. “I haven’t seen them try to handle natural language
>>>>>>> >>> understanding or
>>>>>>> >>> even produce state-of-the-art results in image recognition,” he
>>>>>>> >>> says.
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> Obviously this is also true of industry pundits also. Nobody
>>>>>>> >>> mentions the
>>>>>>> >>> vast superiority of pre-CLA work on visual hierarchy - (a demo
>>>>>>> >>> recently
>>>>>>> >>> shown by Matt Taylor of earlier technology where the tech could
>>>>>>> >>> distinguish
>>>>>>> >>> many distinctions with high granularity such as different objects
>>>>>>> >>> moving
>>>>>>> >>> into and out of visual fields; moving behind other objects;
>>>>>>> >>> distinguishing
>>>>>>> >>> partially occluded objects etc.)
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> Well, at least in this case, any news is good news! :-)
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> On Apr 8, 2015, at 10:52 AM, Robert Smith
>>>>>>> >>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> >>> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> I've had a google alert set for "numenta" for a few weeks now.
>>>>>>> >>> Today it
>>>>>>> >>> spoke to me for the first time. It said:
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> http://www.technologyreview.com/news/536326/ibm-tests-mobile-computing-pioneers-controversial-brain-algorithms/
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > --
>>>>>>> > With kind regards,
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > David Ray
>>>>>>> > Java Solutions Architect
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > cortical.io
>>>>>>> > Sponsor of:  HTM.java
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > [email protected]
>>>>>>> > http://cortical.io
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fergal Byrne, Brenter IT
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://inbits.com - Better Living through Thoughtful Technology
>>>>>> http://ie.linkedin.com/in/fergbyrne/ - https://github.com/fergalbyrne
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Founder of Clortex: HTM in Clojure -
>>>>>> https://github.com/nupic-community/clortex
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Author, Real Machine Intelligence with Clortex and NuPIC
>>>>>> Read for free or buy the book at https://leanpub.com/realsmartmachines
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Speaking on Clortex and HTM/CLA at euroClojure Krakow, June 2014:
>>>>>> http://euroclojure.com/2014/
>>>>>> and at LambdaJam Chicago, July 2014: http://www.lambdajam.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> e:[email protected] t:+353 83 4214179
>>>>>> Join the quest for Machine Intelligence at http://numenta.org
>>>>>> Formerly of Adnet [email protected] http://www.adnet.ie
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Fergal Byrne, Brenter IT
>>>>>
>>>>> http://inbits.com - Better Living through Thoughtful Technology
>>>>> http://ie.linkedin.com/in/fergbyrne/ - https://github.com/fergalbyrne
>>>>>
>>>>> Founder of Clortex: HTM in Clojure -
>>>>> https://github.com/nupic-community/clortex
>>>>>
>>>>> Author, Real Machine Intelligence with Clortex and NuPIC
>>>>> Read for free or buy the book at https://leanpub.com/realsmartmachines
>>>>>
>>>>> Speaking on Clortex and HTM/CLA at euroClojure Krakow, June 2014:
>>>>> http://euroclojure.com/2014/
>>>>> and at LambdaJam Chicago, July 2014: http://www.lambdajam.com
>>>>>
>>>>> e:[email protected] t:+353 83 4214179
>>>>> Join the quest for Machine Intelligence at http://numenta.org
>>>>> Formerly of Adnet [email protected] http://www.adnet.ie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> With kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> David Ray
>>>> Java Solutions Architect
>>>>
>>>> cortical.io
>>>> Sponsor of:  HTM.java
>>>>
>>>> [email protected]
>>>> http://cortical.io
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> With kind regards,
>>>
>>> David Ray
>>> Java Solutions Architect
>>>
>>> cortical.io
>>> Sponsor of:  HTM.java
>>>
>>> [email protected]
>>> http://cortical.io
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> With kind regards,
>>
>> David Ray
>> Java Solutions Architect
>>
>> cortical.io
>> Sponsor of:  HTM.java
>>
>> [email protected]
>> http://cortical.io
>
>
>
>
> --
> With kind regards,
>
> David Ray
> Java Solutions Architect
>
> cortical.io
> Sponsor of:  HTM.java
>
> [email protected]
> http://cortical.io

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