Thousand Brains Project
@thousandbrains.org
Advancing AI & robotics by reverse engineering the neocortex.
Leveraging sensorimotor learning, structured reference frames, & cortical modularity.
Open-source research backed by Jeff Hawkins & Gates Foundation.
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Leveraging sensorimotor learning, structured reference frames, & cortical modularity.
Open-source research backed by Jeff Hawkins & Gates Foundation.
Explore thousandbrains.org
A video from the 2022 archives: @vivianeclay.bsky.social proposes using Point Pair Features instead of 3D displacements for scale and orientation invariant object recognition.
Watch now: youtu.be/gai908D8iXc
Watch now: youtu.be/gai908D8iXc
2022/02 - Rotation Invariant Displacements
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January 16, 2026 at 11:49 PM
A video from the 2022 archives: @vivianeclay.bsky.social proposes using Point Pair Features instead of 3D displacements for scale and orientation invariant object recognition.
Watch now: youtu.be/gai908D8iXc
Watch now: youtu.be/gai908D8iXc
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💡 Jeff Hawkins responds to “Is This Sensorimotor Approach Also Useful for Higher Cognitive Functions?”
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#ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Monty
💡 Jeff Hawkins responds to “Is This Sensorimotor Approach Also Useful for Higher Cognitive Functions?”
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#ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Monty
Is This Sensorimotor Approach Also Useful for Higher Cognitive Functions? #sensorimotorai
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January 16, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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💡 Jeff Hawkins responds to “Is This Sensorimotor Approach Also Useful for Higher Cognitive Functions?”
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#ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Monty
💡 Jeff Hawkins responds to “Is This Sensorimotor Approach Also Useful for Higher Cognitive Functions?”
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#ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Monty
🚀 An exciting new installment of the community working group series! Jason Carver meets with @vivianeclay.bsky.social and @cortical-canonical.bsky.social to understand how information flows in Monty and how we could add off-object processing.
Watch now: youtu.be/nScF_Zt1XKo
Watch now: youtu.be/nScF_Zt1XKo
2025/12 - Processing Off-Object Observations in Monty - Working Group
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January 15, 2026 at 7:24 PM
🚀 An exciting new installment of the community working group series! Jason Carver meets with @vivianeclay.bsky.social and @cortical-canonical.bsky.social to understand how information flows in Monty and how we could add off-object processing.
Watch now: youtu.be/nScF_Zt1XKo
Watch now: youtu.be/nScF_Zt1XKo
A video from the 2022 archives: Luiz reviews some state of the art real and simulated touch sensors.
Watch now: youtu.be/GwyU3228hL4
Watch now: youtu.be/GwyU3228hL4
2022/02 - Potential Touch Sensors for Monty
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January 14, 2026 at 9:18 PM
A video from the 2022 archives: Luiz reviews some state of the art real and simulated touch sensors.
Watch now: youtu.be/GwyU3228hL4
Watch now: youtu.be/GwyU3228hL4
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🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to “What are the Practical Benefits that can be Derived from this Paper’s Understanding of the Neocortex?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to “What are the Practical Benefits that can be Derived from this Paper’s Understanding of the Neocortex?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
What are the Benefits that can be Derived from this Paper’s Understanding of the Neocortex?
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January 12, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to “What are the Practical Benefits that can be Derived from this Paper’s Understanding of the Neocortex?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to “What are the Practical Benefits that can be Derived from this Paper’s Understanding of the Neocortex?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
🦾 @cortical-canonical.bsky.social compares the fundamental principles of sensorimotor learning with deep learning and then walks through the amazing capabilities of Monty, this new form of machine intelligence.
Watch now: youtu.be/KJ74pKUTC-Y
Watch now: youtu.be/KJ74pKUTC-Y
January 10, 2026 at 12:04 AM
🦾 @cortical-canonical.bsky.social compares the fundamental principles of sensorimotor learning with deep learning and then walks through the amazing capabilities of Monty, this new form of machine intelligence.
Watch now: youtu.be/KJ74pKUTC-Y
Watch now: youtu.be/KJ74pKUTC-Y
@vivianeclay.bsky.social reviews the TBP 2025 highlights and our direction for 2026, from Monty’s first sensor movements in the real world to the idea of a new Solutions Incubator. Many amazing things have been accomplished with more to come!
Watch now: youtu.be/x-r84LkT8L0
Watch now: youtu.be/x-r84LkT8L0
2026/01 - 2025 Review / 2026 Direction & Goals
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January 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
@vivianeclay.bsky.social reviews the TBP 2025 highlights and our direction for 2026, from Monty’s first sensor movements in the real world to the idea of a new Solutions Incubator. Many amazing things have been accomplished with more to come!
Watch now: youtu.be/x-r84LkT8L0
Watch now: youtu.be/x-r84LkT8L0
🫶 @vivianeclay.bsky.social thanks the community for their outstanding contributions in December 2025.
Watch now: youtu.be/WTnl2IG751c
Watch now: youtu.be/WTnl2IG751c
2025/12 - Community Shout-Outs
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January 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
🫶 @vivianeclay.bsky.social thanks the community for their outstanding contributions in December 2025.
Watch now: youtu.be/WTnl2IG751c
Watch now: youtu.be/WTnl2IG751c
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🚨 @cortical-canonical.bsky.social responds to “Why is This Theory of the Neocortex Useful for Making Smarter AI and Robots?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
🚨 @cortical-canonical.bsky.social responds to “Why is This Theory of the Neocortex Useful for Making Smarter AI and Robots?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
Why is This Theory of the Neocortex Useful for Making Smarter AI and Robots? #sensorimotorai
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January 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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🚨 @cortical-canonical.bsky.social responds to “Why is This Theory of the Neocortex Useful for Making Smarter AI and Robots?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
🚨 @cortical-canonical.bsky.social responds to “Why is This Theory of the Neocortex Useful for Making Smarter AI and Robots?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
🧙 @vivianeclay.bsky.social beck tells the story of Monty and the Thousand Brains Project. Follow along how the team has been building this new form of machine intelligence and how the project evolved over time.
Watch now: youtu.be/F_Aom64BU9I
Watch now: youtu.be/F_Aom64BU9I
2025/12 - The Legend of Monty - 2021 to 2025
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January 2, 2026 at 9:21 PM
🧙 @vivianeclay.bsky.social beck tells the story of Monty and the Thousand Brains Project. Follow along how the team has been building this new form of machine intelligence and how the project evolved over time.
Watch now: youtu.be/F_Aom64BU9I
Watch now: youtu.be/F_Aom64BU9I
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🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to "What Are Egocentric and Allocentric Coordinates, and Why Do They Matter?"
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to "What Are Egocentric and Allocentric Coordinates, and Why Do They Matter?"
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
What Are Egocentric and Allocentric Coordinates, and why do They Matter? #sensorimotorai #thalamus
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December 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to "What Are Egocentric and Allocentric Coordinates, and Why Do They Matter?"
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to "What Are Egocentric and Allocentric Coordinates, and Why Do They Matter?"
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
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The team takes questions about Monty, the Thousand Brains Project and the future of machine intelligence at the end of our presentation.
Watch now!
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The team takes questions about Monty, the Thousand Brains Project and the future of machine intelligence at the end of our presentation.
Watch now!
youtu.be/50YPPzQ0BfI
2025/12 - Meet Monty 2026: Q&A with the Team
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December 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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The team takes questions about Monty, the Thousand Brains Project and the future of machine intelligence at the end of our presentation.
Watch now!
youtu.be/50YPPzQ0BfI
The team takes questions about Monty, the Thousand Brains Project and the future of machine intelligence at the end of our presentation.
Watch now!
youtu.be/50YPPzQ0BfI
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✨ A new video from the archive: @subutaiahmad.bsky.social gives a summary of two papers about Vector Neurons and the Neural Descriptor Field. (Paper links in the thread)
Watch now: youtu.be/IP7gvzgZAPs
✨ A new video from the archive: @subutaiahmad.bsky.social gives a summary of two papers about Vector Neurons and the Neural Descriptor Field. (Paper links in the thread)
Watch now: youtu.be/IP7gvzgZAPs
December 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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✨ A new video from the archive: @subutaiahmad.bsky.social gives a summary of two papers about Vector Neurons and the Neural Descriptor Field. (Paper links in the thread)
Watch now: youtu.be/IP7gvzgZAPs
✨ A new video from the archive: @subutaiahmad.bsky.social gives a summary of two papers about Vector Neurons and the Neural Descriptor Field. (Paper links in the thread)
Watch now: youtu.be/IP7gvzgZAPs
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🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to “How Does your Proposal for Information Processing in the Neocortex Differ From the Classical View?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to “How Does your Proposal for Information Processing in the Neocortex Differ From the Classical View?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
How Does your Proposal for Information Processing in the Neocortex Differ From the Classical View?
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December 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to “How Does your Proposal for Information Processing in the Neocortex Differ From the Classical View?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to “How Does your Proposal for Information Processing in the Neocortex Differ From the Classical View?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
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We’re excited to share our presentations from our recent meetup: Explore short talks on various topics around the Thousand Brains Project and the new type of machine intelligence we are building.
Watch the full playlist here ⬇️
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We’re excited to share our presentations from our recent meetup: Explore short talks on various topics around the Thousand Brains Project and the new type of machine intelligence we are building.
Watch the full playlist here ⬇️
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Meet Monty 2026: Reverse Engineering Intelligence - YouTube
This playlist is a presentation of our December, 2025 community meetup “Meet Monty 2026: Reverse Engineering Intelligence” It features nine short talks from ...
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December 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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We’re excited to share our presentations from our recent meetup: Explore short talks on various topics around the Thousand Brains Project and the new type of machine intelligence we are building.
Watch the full playlist here ⬇️
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
We’re excited to share our presentations from our recent meetup: Explore short talks on various topics around the Thousand Brains Project and the new type of machine intelligence we are building.
Watch the full playlist here ⬇️
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
We're also streaming live on YouTube - www.youtube.com/live/a04Zvpz...
Meet Monty 2026: Reverse Engineering Intelligence
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December 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We're also streaming live on YouTube - www.youtube.com/live/a04Zvpz...
Happening now!
Join the Thousand Brains Project team live as we dive into Monty, how it works, how it relates to the neocortex, and how you can get started.
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Join the Thousand Brains Project team live as we dive into Monty, how it works, how it relates to the neocortex, and how you can get started.
us02web.zoom.us/j/84347537925
December 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Happening now!
Join the Thousand Brains Project team live as we dive into Monty, how it works, how it relates to the neocortex, and how you can get started.
us02web.zoom.us/j/84347537925
Join the Thousand Brains Project team live as we dive into Monty, how it works, how it relates to the neocortex, and how you can get started.
us02web.zoom.us/j/84347537925
Take a crash course on Monty, the Thousand Brains Project, how it works, and how to get involved.
Ask questions, explore the implementation, and learn from the team. Today at 9AM PST.
www.meetup.com/thousand-bra...
Ask questions, explore the implementation, and learn from the team. Today at 9AM PST.
www.meetup.com/thousand-bra...
December 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Take a crash course on Monty, the Thousand Brains Project, how it works, and how to get involved.
Ask questions, explore the implementation, and learn from the team. Today at 9AM PST.
www.meetup.com/thousand-bra...
Ask questions, explore the implementation, and learn from the team. Today at 9AM PST.
www.meetup.com/thousand-bra...
Reminder! Dec 17 at 9 AM PST: Jeff Hawkins, @vivianeclay.bsky.social, @cortical-canonical.bsky.social, and the Thousand Brains Project team will give a simple, easy-to-follow intro to the Thousand Brains Project and the machine intelligence we are building.
👉 Join us: www.meetup.com/thousand-bra...
👉 Join us: www.meetup.com/thousand-bra...
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Reminder! Dec 17 at 9 AM PST: Jeff Hawkins, @vivianeclay.bsky.social, @cortical-canonical.bsky.social, and the Thousand Brains Project team will give a simple, easy-to-follow intro to the Thousand Brains Project and the machine intelligence we are building.
👉 Join us: www.meetup.com/thousand-bra...
👉 Join us: www.meetup.com/thousand-bra...
✨ @cortical-canonical.bsky.social gives a summary of today’s research meeting where we discuss Off Object Observations.
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Watch the full video here: youtu.be/ncAEi1OmtAE
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Watch the full video here: youtu.be/ncAEi1OmtAE
Summary - Off Object Observations #sensorimotorai #objectrecognition #thousandbrains
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December 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
✨ @cortical-canonical.bsky.social gives a summary of today’s research meeting where we discuss Off Object Observations.
youtube.com/shorts/s83EI...
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/ncAEi1OmtAE
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Watch the full video here: youtu.be/ncAEi1OmtAE
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🚨 @cortical-canonical.bsky.social responds to “What Does This New Understanding of the Neocortex as a Heterarchy Give Us?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
🚨 @cortical-canonical.bsky.social responds to “What Does This New Understanding of the Neocortex as a Heterarchy Give Us?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
What Does This New Understanding of the Neocortex as a Heterarchy Give Us? #sensorimotorai #thalamus
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December 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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🚨 @cortical-canonical.bsky.social responds to “What Does This New Understanding of the Neocortex as a Heterarchy Give Us?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
🚨 @cortical-canonical.bsky.social responds to “What Does This New Understanding of the Neocortex as a Heterarchy Give Us?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI #Thalamus
🚀 New video out now!
@canoetrip.bsky.social breaks down reference-frame transformations, Euler angles, spherical coords, and left/right-handed conventions in 3D modeling.
Watch now: youtu.be/lu1FS3au7kg
@canoetrip.bsky.social breaks down reference-frame transformations, Euler angles, spherical coords, and left/right-handed conventions in 3D modeling.
Watch now: youtu.be/lu1FS3au7kg
2025/10 - Reference Frame Transforms From the Trenches
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December 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
🚀 New video out now!
@canoetrip.bsky.social breaks down reference-frame transformations, Euler angles, spherical coords, and left/right-handed conventions in 3D modeling.
Watch now: youtu.be/lu1FS3au7kg
@canoetrip.bsky.social breaks down reference-frame transformations, Euler angles, spherical coords, and left/right-handed conventions in 3D modeling.
Watch now: youtu.be/lu1FS3au7kg
🎥 New Video Release!
@cortical-canonical.bsky.social walks through the core achievements behind the paper “Thousand-Brains Systems: Sensorimotor Intelligence for Rapid, Robust Learning and Inference”
Watch here: youtu.be/z9cjAq7eRJU
@cortical-canonical.bsky.social walks through the core achievements behind the paper “Thousand-Brains Systems: Sensorimotor Intelligence for Rapid, Robust Learning and Inference”
Watch here: youtu.be/z9cjAq7eRJU
December 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
🎥 New Video Release!
@cortical-canonical.bsky.social walks through the core achievements behind the paper “Thousand-Brains Systems: Sensorimotor Intelligence for Rapid, Robust Learning and Inference”
Watch here: youtu.be/z9cjAq7eRJU
@cortical-canonical.bsky.social walks through the core achievements behind the paper “Thousand-Brains Systems: Sensorimotor Intelligence for Rapid, Robust Learning and Inference”
Watch here: youtu.be/z9cjAq7eRJU
🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to “There is Driving Input From the Retina to V1 and V2 - What Does This Tell Us?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI
There is Driving Input From the Retina to V1 and V2 , What Does This Tell Us? #sensorimotorai
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December 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to “There is Driving Input From the Retina to V1 and V2 - What Does This Tell Us?”
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI
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#AI #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI
✨Jeff Hawkins gives a summary of today’s research meeting where we discuss “Using Episodic Memory Replay to Train Cortical Columns”.
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Watch the full video here: youtu.be/tmljWGLgM70
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Watch the full video here: youtu.be/tmljWGLgM70
Summary - Using Episodic Memory Replay to Train Cortical Columns
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November 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
✨Jeff Hawkins gives a summary of today’s research meeting where we discuss “Using Episodic Memory Replay to Train Cortical Columns”.
youtube.com/shorts/Hr1VQ...
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/tmljWGLgM70
youtube.com/shorts/Hr1VQ...
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/tmljWGLgM70