Re: Jeff Hawkins
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 AI engine, and open sourced everything, hoping others would sign on:
But I'm not sure any major outputs have happened yet.
Best,
Ed
i think ibm took numenta in house
Have you guys talked to Jeff Hawkins?
Is his AI/brain stuff interesting?
- Joi
Hmm.
BTW, do you know Jeff Jonas? He's smart about data stuff. I'm using his boat for the next 3 days. He's an investor in my fund. He is the guy who busted the MIT Blackjack team. He's at IBM, but he lives in Vegas and busts bad guys using data.
Decoding Jeff Jonas, Wizard of Big Data
He might be fun for you to meet.
- Joi
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never met. There are a bunch of beautiful schools for sale. I'm thinking about buying one and populating it with the unusual.
So wh=ch one of the Harry Potter guys are you?
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