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Front Neural Circuits July 2018 PMID 29118696

A Theory of How Columns in the Neocortex Enable Learning the Structure of the World.

Jeff Hawkins, Subutai Ahmad, Yuwei Cui

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Discussions include enthusiastic endorsements such as calling it 'super cool' and emphasizing its relevance to AI and brain understanding. Phrases like 'good weekend reading' and mentions of the potential for future AI applications show excitement and recognition of the publication’s significance. Technical references, such as the voting mechanism in cortical columns and the comparison to neural transforms, demonstrate deep engagement and a recognition of the research's potential impact.

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  • The article discusses how neocortical columns, organized into layers, facilitate learning and recognizing complex objects by integrating sensory input over time and space.
  • It introduces a network model where each column computes a location relative to an object, which, combined with sensory data, improves object recognition and allows understanding of objects extending beyond individual cells’ receptive fields.
  • Simulations indicate that small, multi-column networks can efficiently learn to recognize many objects with minimal movements, suggesting that the columnar structure of the cortex plays a powerful role in perception and modeling beyond previous assumptions.]
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Vedat
@vedattozyilmaz · X

Muazzam bir araştırma. Kendi evreninde, kendi oyununda, kendi yansımalarının tuzağından kurtulabilmenin yolu. https://t.co/Pa73uc9sdx

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Numenta
@Numenta · X

In this meeting, Numenta intern Jack Schenkman reviewed a paper on multiscale representation in the hippocampus by @tamir_eliav et al., and our researcher Ben Cohen reviewed a paper on representational drift by Schoonover et al. https://t.co/xo4RcJI0To

Jul 16, 2021 · 19 likes · 3 shares · 13,457 followers View post →
Numenta
@Numenta · X

In the continuation of last week’s research meeting, @SubutaiAhmad explains voting in the Thousand Brains Theory. In part two, he explains how cortical columns vote across multiple columns. TLDW below

Sep 3, 2021 · 19 likes · 4 shares · 13,457 followers View post →
Numenta
@Numenta · X

Read more about how cortical columns in the neocortex enable learning the structure of the world here: https://t.co/CWAfiX0aLx

Feb 18, 2022 · 8 likes · 2 shares · 13,451 followers View post →
Subutai Ahmad
@SubutaiAhmad · X

@IntuitMachine @Numenta Thanks! We published a detailed model in 2017 of how voting might work using long-range lateral connections that exist between cortical columns (layer 2). https://t.co/8KQqpmOvtI

Mar 5, 2021 · 7 likes · 2,900 followers View post →
Numenta
@Numenta · X

For reference: "Columns" paper: https://t.co/sjN1hzZ8Oz "Frameworks" Paper: https://t.co/g7JL2KDG3h

Sep 20, 2021 · 6 likes · 13,451 followers View post →

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Role of Allocentric Location in Neocortex Function

In this talk, Jeff Hawkins describes a theory that the neocortex processes both sensory data and allocentric location representations. This dual input allows cortical columns to build comprehensive object models…

MITCBMM · Dec 15, 2017 32,888 views

Neocortical Columns and Object Learning in the Brain

This video accompanies the paper titled A Theory of How Columns in the Neocortex Enable Learning the Structure of the World by Jeff Hawkins, Subutai Ahmad, and Yuwei Cui. It explores how cortical columns use location…

Numenta · Oct 25, 2017 16,700 views
AyasuAbray
@AyasuAbray · X

RT @vedattozyilmaz: Muazzam bir araştırma. Kendi evreninde, kendi oyununda, kendi yansımalarının tuzağından kurtulabilmenin yolu. https://…

Mar 2, 2025 · 2 shares · 59 followers View post →
Vedat
@vedattozyilmaz · X

Muazzam bir araştırma. Kendi evreninde, kendi oyununda, kendi yansımalarının tuzağından kurtulabilmenin yolu. https://t.co/Pa73uc9sdx

Mar 1, 2025 · 27 likes · 2 shares · 22,521 followers View post →
Quantengeist
@Light_Cynapse · X

The solution is already quite clear: https://t.co/mKYMcNBCqN https://t.co/eWyRKqDQ7G https://t.co/ikdMjts9TC

Feb 13, 2025 · 122 followers View post →
Yu Kanazawa
@knzw783 · X

Hawkins, J., Ahmad, S., & Cui, Y. (2017). A theory of how columns in the neocortex enable learning the structure of the world. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 11, 81. https://t.co/AJd49ITYdE

Jun 24, 2024 · 1 like · 1,865 followers View post →
Hidenori Goto
@hidenorigoto · X

https://t.co/vpUP9SwONd

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Luca Dellanna
@DellAnnaLuca · X

@goldstein_aa These are the two most important papers IMHO: https://t.co/5y0UJk79T1 https://t.co/Qn4eA3wvzq

Apr 11, 2024 · 2 likes · 25,374 followers View post →
Luca Dellanna
@DellAnnaLuca · X

@HansaMD_ It’s not the five fingers who vote. It’s the cortical columns associated to the fingers. I suggest you read this paper for a full description of how the system works: https://t.co/Qn4eA3wvzq

Dec 9, 2023 · 1 like · 25,374 followers View post →
Harry
@education_24x7 · X

RT @hwingo: A Theory of How Columns in the #Neocortex Enable Learning the Structure of the World https://t.co/TG7kd2Ojj6 #ICYMI #neurosci…

Jul 6, 2022 · 1 share · 8,255 followers View post →
hwingo
@hwingo · X

A Theory of How Columns in the #Neocortex Enable Learning the Structure of the World https://t.co/TG7kd2wHUw #ICYMI #neuroscience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #brain @Numenta

Jul 6, 2022 · 10,854 followers View post →
hwingo
@hwingo · X

A Theory of How Columns in the #Neocortex Enable Learning the Structure of the World https://t.co/TG7kd2Ojj6 #ICYMI #neuroscience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #brain @Numenta https://t.co/FXZcCEsWuJ

Jul 5, 2022 · 1 like · 1 share · 10,854 followers View post →
justindegarbo
@justindegarbo · X

https://t.co/7imINNVMFg

Jun 30, 2022 · 1 like · 384 followers View post →
ideaXme™
@ideaxm · X

RT @Numenta: Read more about how cortical columns in the neocortex enable learning the structure of the world here: https://t.co/CWAfiX0aLx

Mar 12, 2022 · 2 shares · 2,098 followers View post →
John F Halter
@johnfhalt · X

RT @Numenta: Read more about how cortical columns in the neocortex enable learning the structure of the world here: https://t.co/CWAfiX0aLx

Feb 21, 2022 · 2 shares · 3 followers View post →
Numenta
@Numenta · X

Read more about how cortical columns in the neocortex enable learning the structure of the world here: https://t.co/CWAfiX0aLx

Feb 18, 2022 · 8 likes · 2 shares · 13,451 followers View post →
Doge Park
@2021DogePark · X

“A Theory of How Columns in the Neocortex Enable Learning the Structure of the World.”

Jan 14, 2022 · 197 followers View post →
David Kedmey
@DKedmey · X

2/4 https://t.co/WZPnuAPYIX

Sep 22, 2021 · 948 followers View post →
Numenta
@Numenta · X

For reference: "Columns" paper: https://t.co/sjN1hzZ8Oz "Frameworks" Paper: https://t.co/g7JL2KDG3h

Sep 20, 2021 · 6 likes · 13,451 followers View post →
Pedro Coelho Silva
@PedroCoSilva · X

RT @Numenta: In the next research meeting, he will review voting across multiple columns. Read our "A Theory of How Columns in the Neocor…

Sep 11, 2021 · 1 share · 1,341 followers View post →
Rubén Martínez
@EldarSilver · X

RT @Numenta: In the continuation of last week’s research meeting, @SubutaiAhmad explains voting in the Thousand Brains Theory. In part two,…

Sep 4, 2021 · 4 shares · 1,880 followers View post →
RyuZoku ObjectiveReality MatrixRed
@Ryu_Zoku · X

RT @Numenta: In the continuation of last week’s research meeting, @SubutaiAhmad explains voting in the Thousand Brains Theory. In part two,…

Sep 3, 2021 · 4 shares · 816 followers View post →
Stephen Pimentel
@StephenPiment · X

RT @Numenta: In the continuation of last week’s research meeting, @SubutaiAhmad explains voting in the Thousand Brains Theory. In part two,…

Sep 3, 2021 · 4 shares · 12,716 followers View post →
Numenta
@Numenta · X

In the continuation of last week’s research meeting, @SubutaiAhmad explains voting in the Thousand Brains Theory. In part two, he explains how cortical columns vote across multiple columns. TLDW below

Sep 3, 2021 · 19 likes · 4 shares · 13,457 followers View post →
Rommel Infante Asto
@R_InfanteAsto · X

miles de modelados del mundo de forma simultanea, que se complementan y compiten entre sí, hasta llegar a un estado final de decisión a través de un mecanismo de "votación neuronal"

Aug 13, 2021 · 2 likes · 478 followers View post →
ngszehing
@ngszehin · X

This is a good weekend reading, to understand how the future of AI might work by understanding how human’s brain works: A Theory of How Columns in the Neocortex Enable Learning the Structure of the World https://t.co/04XGZJEPJ4

Aug 7, 2021 · 1,539 followers View post →
Tamir Eliav
@tamir_eliav · X

RT @Numenta: In this meeting, Numenta intern Jack Schenkman reviewed a paper on multiscale representation in the hippocampus by @tamir_elia…

Jul 28, 2021 · 3 shares · 456 followers View post →
Viviane Clay
@vkakerbeck · X

RT @Numenta: In this meeting, Numenta intern Jack Schenkman reviewed a paper on multiscale representation in the hippocampus by @tamir_elia…

Jul 19, 2021 · 3 shares · 644 followers View post →
Andy Xor
@andy_xor · X

RT @Numenta: In this meeting, Numenta intern Jack Schenkman reviewed a paper on multiscale representation in the hippocampus by @tamir_elia…

Jul 16, 2021 · 3 shares · 1,437 followers View post →
Subutai Ahmad
@SubutaiAhmad · X

RT @Numenta: In this meeting, Numenta intern Jack Schenkman reviewed a paper on multiscale representation in the hippocampus by @tamir_elia…

Jul 16, 2021 · 3 shares · 2,901 followers View post →
Numenta
@Numenta · X

In this meeting, Numenta intern Jack Schenkman reviewed a paper on multiscale representation in the hippocampus by @tamir_eliav et al., and our researcher Ben Cohen reviewed a paper on representational drift by Schoonover et al. https://t.co/xo4RcJI0To

Jul 16, 2021 · 19 likes · 3 shares · 13,457 followers View post →
Subutai Ahmad
@SubutaiAhmad · X

@IntuitMachine @Numenta Thanks! We published a detailed model in 2017 of how voting might work using long-range lateral connections that exist between cortical columns (layer 2). https://t.co/8KQqpmOvtI

Mar 5, 2021 · 7 likes · 2,900 followers View post →
Chomba Bupe
@ChombaBupe · X

@connectedregio1 @RebelScience @markcannon5 For example this is a very complicated paper https://t.co/gvmJDUNHko

Feb 29, 2020 · 2 likes · 11,656 followers View post →
rhyolight
@rhyolight · X

@bbc1183 @mrcslws We have experimented with union pooling during sensorimotor inference. In what we call the "output layer" of this paper we are pooling objects in a union. https://t.co/lpvL3zKPFN

Oct 31, 2019 · 1 like · 2,581 followers View post →
Ben Hoyle
@bjh_ip · X

A Theory of How Columns in the Neocortex Enable Learning the Structure of the World [Reading this through I think the example of vision provides a stronger argument than sensorimotor sensing, e.g. considering the constant changing information on the fovea] https://t.co/V7tajeiax9

Oct 2, 2019 · 1,753 followers View post →
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@art3starr · X

I also mentioned @Numenta ‘s research on reverse-engineering the neocortex, when @jfcloutier asked about universal function... here’s a short video that explains the magic of allocentric location. Super cool stuff: https://t.co/9Q4wfvgMC1

Sep 21, 2019 · 1 like · 1,630 followers View post →
sahz
@0xhzsa · X

https://t.co/wzmrTEnLyn

Aug 10, 2019 · 247 followers View post →
Chomba Bupe
@ChombaBupe · X

HTM neurons in the output layer seem to doing hough transform. https://t.co/gvmJDUNHko

Jul 30, 2019 · 11,656 followers View post →
Postscapes
@postscapes · X

@el33th4xor Any cross-over potential in how Avalanche protocol works in the same way as neocortex in this view? https://t.co/aPrPtRLuZD

Jul 10, 2019 · 8,581 followers View post →
MohamadSama7
@Sama7Mohamad · X

RT @Numenta: .@CDMaver debunks the belief that the brain fills in the gap in our vision to compensate for our blind spot using our sensorim…

Feb 10, 2019 · 6 shares · 269 followers View post →
Mathew Abonyi
@mabonyi · X

If this is the case and everything springs from loci, wouldn’t it mean tests of intelligence could be boiled down to a person’s aptitude at primitive spatial awareness, memory, and composition? https://t.co/HcNFLq9yhL

Jan 14, 2019 · 16 followers View post →