Remi,  what do you think of Numenta http://www.numenta.com/, a startup that
is using feedforward/feedback networks to model learning and pattern
recognition in the neocortex.  Does this approach make sense or is it just
startup hype?

http://www.numenta.com/for-developers/education/biological-background-htm.ph
p


David

> -----Original Message-----
> From: computer-go-boun...@computer-go.org [mailto:computer-go-
> boun...@computer-go.org] On Behalf Of Rémi Coulom
> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 6:07 AM
> To: computer-go
> Subject: Re: [computer-go] Neural networks
> 
> Petr Baudis wrote:
> >   Hi!
> >
> >   Is there some "high-level reason" hypothesised about why there are
> > no successful programs using neural networks in Go?
> >
> >   I'd also like to ask if someone has a research tip for some
> > interesting Go sub-problem that could make for a nice beginner neural
> > networks project.
> >
> >   Thanks,
> >
> 
> At the time when it was fashionable, I would have sold my pattern-Elo
> stuff as a neural network, because, in neural-network jargon, it is in
> fact a one-layer network with a softmax output. Since the development
> of
> support-vector machines, neural networks have been considered
> completely
> obsolete in the machine-learning community. From a marketing point of
> view, it is not a good idea to do research on neural networks nowadays.
> You must give your system another name.
> 
> Rémi
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