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Building Brains to Understand the World's Data

Google TechTalks · talk · Watch on YouTube

Neuroscience & the brainMachine learning & deep learning

What it is

Jeff Hawkins presents his view that the neocortex works on principles different from traditional computers. He describes sparse distributed representations and how they are learned, then shows how Numenta applies them to predict from high-velocity data streams.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as Hawkins' own accessible statement of his brain-inspired theory of intelligence and its software implementation.

  • 1 people recommended it
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  • first 2013, last 2017

What HN commenters said

  1. “he gets into his ideas about the structure of the brain, and what he's done to reconstruct it in software/hardware.”

    Hawkins on brain structure and reconstructing it in software and hardware.

    scotth, 2013-06 · Recommendation · in “Palm founder Jeff Hawkins on neurology, big data, and the future of AI”

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Topics: jeff hawkins, sparse distributed representations, numenta, neocortex, prediction

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