From: Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2015 3:36 PM To: Jeffrey Epstein Subject: Fwd: Jeff Hawkins > Begin forwarded message: > Fro > Subject: Re: Jeff Hawkins > Date: August 6, 2015 at 8:33:31 AM PDT > To: > Reply-Tc > I have talked to his second-in-command, Donna Dubinsky. In fact she > guest lectured for my neuroventures class, about their AI/brain > startup, Numenta (she is CEO). > Off the record comments: > One key issue with their work is that it's a model that attempts to > mimic brain maps -- but again, as with the European Human Brain > Project, we don't yet have brain maps. So there are a lot of > assumptions built into their models. > Perhaps as a result, their models haven't done much. I think Numenta > finally kind of gave up on trying to develop big hits with their Al > engine, and open sourced everything, hoping others would sign on: > http://numenta.org/ > But I'm not sure any major outputs have happened yet. > Best, > Ed > On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Joichi Ito rote: » Have you guys talked to Jeff Hawkins? » Is his AI/brain stuff interesting? » - Joi » Tips for mastering email overload - pls read - » =ttp://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/4438.html » My Blog - http://joi.ito.com/ » My Photos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/ Facebook Profile - EFTA_R1_01614400 EFTA02491955