+1, I'd be interested in your talk.
On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 4:40 PM Sergey Alexashenko <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hey David,
>
> Sorry, I must have not been clear. I do not intend to present theories
> from neuroscience, just evidence. For example, we now know that inhibitory
> neurons can block off information input to an excitatory neuron's cell body
> from one specific dendrite. That seems like it could be important, but HTM
> has no way to account for that. There are a few other similar mechanics.
>
> Obviously, I have theories about these behaviors (and so do other people),
> but I do not want to present them for similar reasons to those in your
> email.
>
> What are your thoughts on that approach?
>
> Sergey
>
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 4:18 PM, David Ray <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Sergey,
>>
>> Can you put it in context - show how the contrary opinions actually
>> demonstrate computational viability - and not just someone's opinions? Show
>> how the challenging theories have a computational model which illustrates a
>> more efficient likelihood of prediction accuracy? Because If all the
>> challenging theories do is propose a theory, then how is it a contribution
>> considering HTM theory yields actual results.
>>
>> So personally I'm not interested unless the theory can demonstrate an
>> increase in cognitive resolution.
>>
>> But that's just me...
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Oct 26, 2015, at 5:28 PM, Sergey Alexashenko <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hey everyone,
>>
>> Do you think there would be any interest in a short talk on some
>> neuroscience challenges to HTM theory? I am specifically thinking about
>> dendritic computation, role of inhibitory neurons and non-Hebbian
>> plasticity. I know this sounds dense, but I am reasonably sure I can make
>> it sound accessible to people who have only On Intelligence and the white
>> paper as their background.
>>
>> Sergey
>> On Oct 26, 2015 3:22 PM, "Fergal Byrne" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, either Matt will get a recording, or the speaker will, or someone
>>> will come and use their own camera/mike. Or best, all of these.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 9:44 PM, Marcus Lewis <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Will these talks be recorded? I vote for "yes".
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Fergal,
>>>>>
>>>>> Please edit this wiki document:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://github.com/numenta/nupic/wiki/HTM-Challenge-Community-Meetup-Planning
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------
>>>>> Matt Taylor
>>>>> OS Community Flag-Bearer
>>>>> Numenta
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Fergal Byrne
>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> > Thanks Matt for organising the Hangout this morning/afternoon.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > The Community Meetup on Friday, November 13th [1] is hosted by
>>>>> Numenta but
>>>>> > is our day. Please have your say in designing and shaping how the
>>>>> day works.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > The current proposal is a mixture of longish talks (40-50mins plus
>>>>> Q&A) and
>>>>> > lightning talks (5-15mins plus Q&A).
>>>>> >
>>>>> > We have so far pencilled in two long-form talks:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > 1. Donna Dubinsky (Numenta co-founder and CEO) on the "Business of
>>>>> HTM"
>>>>> > 2. Me on "Symphony from Synapses: Neocortex as a Universal
>>>>> > Dynamical Systems Modeller"
>>>>> >
>>>>> > We have from 3pm until 9ish, so there's plenty of room for talks of
>>>>> both
>>>>> > types. I'd personally enjoy a good mixture of a few more long-form
>>>>> and a
>>>>> > good number of swift talks.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Matt is going to set up a Wiki page for this (he'll post a link
>>>>> here), so
>>>>> > please jump in with your talk proposals - specify approx length of
>>>>> the talk
>>>>> > so we can figure out how to schedule them.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > For those who cannot attend in person, we'll hopefully organise a
>>>>> > webcast/hangout way to deliver your contribution.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > This is all subject to objections/amendments from you guys, nothing
>>>>> is set
>>>>> > in stone.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Regards,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Fergal Byrne
>>>>> >
>>>>> > [1] http://www.meetup.com/numenta/events/224711563/
>>>>> >
>>>>> > --
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Fergal Byrne, Brenter IT @fergbyrne
>>>>> >
>>>>> > http://inbits.com - Better Living through Thoughtful Technology
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>>>>> https://github.com/fergalbyrne
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Founder of Clortex: HTM in Clojure -
>>>>> > https://github.com/nupic-community/clortex
>>>>> > Co-creator @OccupyStartups Time-Bombed Open License
>>>>> http://occupystartups.me
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Author, Real Machine Intelligence with Clortex and NuPIC
>>>>> > Read for free or buy the book at
>>>>> https://leanpub.com/realsmartmachines
>>>>> >
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Fergal Byrne, Brenter IT @fergbyrne
>>>
>>> http://inbits.com - Better Living through Thoughtful Technology
>>> http://ie.linkedin.com/in/fergbyrne/ - https://github.com/fergalbyrne
>>>
>>> Founder of Clortex: HTM in Clojure -
>>> https://github.com/nupic-community/clortex
>>> Co-creator @OccupyStartups Time-Bombed Open License
>>> http://occupystartups.me
>>>
>>> Author, Real Machine Intelligence with Clortex and NuPIC
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>>>
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