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Building Brainlike Computers

Posted by kdawson on from the cortexes-for-all dept.

newtronic clues us to an article in IEEE Spectrum by Jeff Hawkins (founder of Palm Computing), titled Why can't a computer be more like a brain? Hawkins brings us up to date with his latest endeavor, Numenta. He covers progress since his book On Intelligence and gives details on Hierarchical Temporal Memory (HTM), which is a platform for simulating neocortical activity. Programming HTMs is different — you essentially feed them sensory data. Numenta has created a framework and tools, free in a "research release," that allow anyone to build and program HTMs.

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  1. I have a beowulf cluster of these things... by hobo+sapiens · · Score: 1, Redundant

    ...but it's all in my head!

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  2. Re:Alchemy by Anonymous+Cow+herd · · Score: 0, Redundant

    My kingdom for some mod points!

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