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I've skimmed through that book and looked at the API over at Numenta: http://www.numenta.com/ http://www.numenta.com/. They are focused on practical pattern re
by stratospark 16y ago
I've skimmed through that book and looked at the API over at Numenta: http://www.numenta.com/ http://www.numenta.com/. They are focused on practical pattern recognition applications. Kurzweil has always been about strong AI and almost sci-fi type scenarios in his books. It's a way more ambitious goal, but he has predicted a lot of things correctly before. I'd check out some of his earlier books beforehand, just to get a better idea of his mindset.
- Element_ 16y agoThat's not really true, Hawkins theory revolves around prediction as it relates to intelligence. There is an entire section at the end of the book that explains why intelligent machines based on the neocortical algorithm he proposes won't resemble human intelligence/self awareness for a long time to come (if ever).
- stratospark 16y agoI'll need to take another look at Hawkins book. In any case, Kurzweil is promoting the idea we can have AI equivalent to human intelligence in a few decades.