> The coincidence that this picture emerges at the same time as current fads in tech is too great to ignore Neural networks weren't nearly as much of a fad bac

> The coincidence that this picture emerges at the same time as current fads in tech is too great to ignore Neural networks weren't nearly as much of a fad back in 2004 when Hawkins published On Intelligence. They did a fantastic job of illustrating how the neocortex may be a hierarchy of these pattern recognizers (columns). It's a highly engaging read!