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It'd be nice if they had some small useful examples. Context: I'm not familiar with ML though I've been reading some papers recently (I'd like to learn ML; I w
by randallu 13y ago
It'd be nice if they had some small useful examples.
Context: I'm not familiar with ML though I've been reading some papers recently (I'd like to learn ML; I wanted to have some ML baddies in a game and let them play each other, etc).
I imagine the ML component being a black box with inputs and outputs, but it's probably more complicated than that. The FAQ says "The algorithm lends itself well to high-speed temporal data" which makes me think of high frequency trading or touch-screen input smoothing or something like that, but I don't see examples for those kind of things in their github tree (but maybe I'm just so unfamiliar with ML that I don't know the names of the concepts?).
- ScottBurson 13y agoAs I discovered myself, Hawkins' algorithm is not the best place to start learning about machine learning. I would suggest getting an overview elsewhere, such as maybe Andrew Ng's Coursera course, then coming back to Hawkins.
- joe_the_user 13y agoI think Dileep George's thesis offers some clues as to the relation between Hawkin's Hierarchical-temporal ideas and other ML constructions: http://www.dileepgeorge.com/tiki/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=28 http://www.dileepgeorge.com/tiki/tiki-download_file.php?file... I recall George was the technical lead at Numenta and has since left. Hawkins' model centers on having an overall model of the brain based on prediction. I remember watching a Hawkins video where he makes the reasonable point that neuroscience has failed to create overarching visions and it seems plausible that such a vision (or several competing vision) could be useful. But I also think that prediction in-and-of itself probably isn't sufficient. FWIW, When I earlier scanned their website, Numenta was trying to sell its software for big bucks and not giving any detailed documentation for their algorithm. Now they seem to be giving everything away for free. That might be an indication that this is the end of the road. But it's hard to know, of course.
- otoburb 13y ago>>I recall George was the technical lead at Numenta and has since left. George Dileep left Numenta and co-founded Vicarious Systems[1]. [1] http://vicarious.com/ http://vicarious.com/
- mietek 13y agoYour link is broken. Luckily, there's Internet Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20110412231749/http://www.dileepgeorge.com/tiki/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=28 http://web.archive.org/web/20110412231749/http://www.dileepg...
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