This is a quick post to link a poster paper by Ryan McCall, who has experimented with a Predictive-Coding / Cortical Learning Algorithm (PC-CLA) hybrid approach. We found the paper via Ryan writing to the NUPIC theory mailing list. What’s great about the paper is it links to some of… Read More »Cortical Learning Algorithms with Predictive Coding for a Systems-Level Cognitive Architecture
Browsing the NUPIC Theory mailing list, I came across a post by Fergal Byrne on the differences and similarities between Deep Learning and MPF/HTM. It’s a great background into some of the pros and cons of each. Given the popularity and demonstrated success of Deep Learning methods it’s good to understand… Read More »A Unifying View of Deep Networks and Hierarchical Temporal Memory
Introduction Predictive Coding (PC) is a popular theory of cortical function within the neuroscience community. There is considerable biological evidence to support the essential concepts (see e.g. “Canonical microcircuits for predictive coding” by Bastos et al). PC describes a method of encoding messages passed between processing units. Specifically, PC states that… Read More »On Predictive Coding and Temporal Pooling
A quick post here to give readers an idea of HTM/CLA performance on visual object recognition tasks. Although a little out of date now, Craig’s blog gives a good idea of what NUPIC can and can’t do, and how data issues (e.g. training set, variations in object appearance) affect the… Read More »Some experimental results with NUPIC
Hierarchy Viewer? Ongoing research to map out the patterns of connectivity in the human brain continues to produce stunning visuals. Are we looking at the hierarchy as proposed in the Memory-Prediction framework? In any case, it’s fun to explore, which you can do here: http://www.humanconnectomeproject.org/data/relationship-viewer/
by David Rawlinson and Gideon Kowadlo A Temporal Pooler ProposalWe will describe a Temporal Pooler design below. We have tested this design and it gives satisfactory output given the criteria and expectations described below and in the previous articles in this series (post #1, post #2). It is also relatively… Read More »TP 3/3: Proposed Temporal Pooler
By David Rawlinson and Gideon Kowadlo Jeff’s new Temporal Pooler This is article 2 in a 3 part series about Temporal Pooling (TP) in MPF/CLA-like algorithms. You can read part 1 here. For the rest of this article we will assume you’ve read part 1. This article is about the new TP… Read More »TP 2/3: Jeff’s new Temporal Pooler
by Gideon Kowadlo and David Rawlinson Introduction One of the keys to understanding the neocortex as a whole, and the emergence of intelligence, is to understand how the cortical hierarchical levels interconnect. This includes: the physical connections, the meaning of the signals being transmitted, and possibly also the way the… Read More »Thalamocortical architecture
by Gideon Kowadlo and David Rawlinson Introduction This article contains some musings on the factors that limit the increase of intelligence as a species. We speculate that ultimately, our level of intelligence is limited by at least two factors, and possibly a third: our own cultural development, physical constraints, and… Read More »Constraints on intelligence
by Gideon Kowadlo and David Rawlinson In a previous post (section ‘Regions’), we discussed the distinction between cortical layers and levels. The literature often describes connections between cortical layers in one level to cortical layers in another level. We are not aware of a written convention for this purpose and propose one… Read More »A notation for intracortical neural connections