From: Joichi Ito MIE >
To: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: Jeff Hawkins
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2015 15:36:08 +0000
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> From: Ed Boyden <MIM >
> Subject: Re: Jeff Hawkins
> Date: August 6, 2015 at 8:33:31 AM PDT
> To: Joichi Ito
> Reply-To:
> 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:
> 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 <1.1M > wrote:
» Have you guys talked to Jeff Hawkins?
>>
>> Is his AI/brain stuff interesting?
>>
» - Joi
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