[extropy-chat] WHITE PAPER: Numenta's Hierarchical Temporal Memory (Jeff Hawkins and Dileep George)

[Neil H.]

FYI, it looks like Jeff Hawkins and Dileep George have made available
a white paper on Hierarchical Temporal Memory, the neurally-inspired
framework discussed in Hawkins' book, "On Intelligence."

I'm still not convinced about how well their system will work on more
natural/complex stimuli, but it's an interesting read nonetheless.

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May 17, 2006

Dear Newsletter Subscriber:

This is the third newsletter from Numenta.

We are pleased to announce that we have completed a first white paper
on Hierarchical Temporal Memory. It is now available on our web site
http://www.numenta.com/Numenta_HTM_Concepts.pdf. The white paper
introduces the concepts and theory behind HTM technology. For those of
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Hierarchical Temporal Memory (HTM) toolset. We have completed a first
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