It's certainly valid to get inspiration from the human mind. Still not sure that requires a body, though. I often wonder how a human brain would react if it wer

It's certainly valid to get inspiration from the human mind. Still not sure that requires a body, though. I often wonder how a human brain would react if it were born into a completely different environment (for example some virtual reality). Also aren't there humans with brain damage and hence very limited sensory input? I suppose the human brain has some specializations hardwired into it, like face recognition, learning a language and so on (dealing with a body...). That is certainly something to think about. Anyway, I liked Jeff Hawkins book, I am sure you are doing good work at Numenta. And dealing with a body is one of the things some AI should eventually be able to do, so it doesn't hurt to follow that route.