My impression is that this headline was made to sound like Numenta is a step on the way to the singularity, when it fact it's one of many companies working on m

My impression is that this headline was made to sound like Numenta is a step on the way to the singularity, when it fact it's one of many companies working on machine learning techniques, the key difference being the founders have good resumes. Biologically inspired engineering is a great thing, but to say something is a model of the neocortex in a meaningful way is a claim no one deserves to make in 2015. I see a lot of patents for HTM, but have there been any peer reviewed publications from Numenta? Jeff Hawkins himself states "HTM does not present any new idea or theory, but combines existing ideas to mimic the neocortex with a simple design that provides a large range of capabilities". Ok got it. Nothing wrong with competing on implementation and engineering. So regarding that implementation, how are they doing against competitors in their space?