Hihi, my 2 cents worth of thoughts... It's important to have funding/profit as we can't expect the researchers to do so on an empty stomach.
However, there is also a greater rewards... Imagine one day that True Machine Intelligence is possible and is based upon modified version of HTM. Jeff will be known as the Father of MI... He will be "immortalized"... I'm not familiar with Andrew Carnegie but I understand that he was formerly one of US richest man... But not many people know about him... Whereas almost any educated person will know about Albert Einstein... That could be another reward... Maybe there will be others in Numenta who will enter the Halls of Immortality too And thanks Sebastian and Matthew for your references...
