From: jeffrey E. <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2015 3:39 PM To: Joichi Ito Subject: Re: Jeff Hawkins i think ibm took numenta in house On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 9:36 AM, =oichi Ito < > Begin forwarded message: > From: Ed Boyden <- > Subject: Re: Jeff Hawkins > Date: August 6, 2015 at 8:33:31 AM PDT > To: Joichi Ito <mailto > wrote: > > > I have talked to his second-in-command, Donna Dubinsky. In fact =he > 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 t= > 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=br> 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 > 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 < > wrote: » Have you guys talked to Jeff Hawkins? >> » Is his AI/brain stuff interesting? » - Joi >> EFTA_R1_01614501 EFTA02492025