# Talks and Events

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## [About the Talks and Events category](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/about-the-talks-and-events-category/316)

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**Author:** [@rhyolight](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/rhyolight)\
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Any HTM-related talks or events will be posted in here, whether given by Numenta or a community member. Also a place to plan Meetups in your city!

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## [Can HTM Theories Help Improve Real-Time Anomaly Detection in Cybersecurity?](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/can-htm-theories-help-improve-real-time-anomaly-detection-in-cybersecurity/11781)

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**Author:** [@derektheler](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/derektheler)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/can-htm-theories-help-improve-real-time-anomaly-detection-in-cybersecurity/11781 "2025-03-25T12:43:07Z")

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Hello Hierarchical Temporal Memory (HTM) has been widely explored for anomaly detection in streaming data; particularly in time-series forecasting. While applications in industrial monitoring & financial fraud detection…

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## [Submit to AGI conference or Neurips](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/submit-to-agi-conference-or-neurips/11769)

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**Author:** [@Tofara\_Moyo](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Tofara_Moyo)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/submit-to-agi-conference-or-neurips/11769 "2025-03-14T20:10:32Z")

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Hi, I was wondering which it is better to present at for exposure. AGI conference or Neurips? I suppose that neurips is more prestigious, but i fear focus being taken away by other non agi related content. On the other …

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## [Jeff Hawkins Interview on "Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman"](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-hawkins-interview-on-inner-cosmos-with-david-eagleman/11556)

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**Author:** [@CollinsEM](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/CollinsEM)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-hawkins-interview-on-inner-cosmos-with-david-eagleman/11556 "2024-10-22T22:16:45Z")

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Latest interview with Jeff Hawkins on the “Inner Cosmos” podcast. Includes an update on the status of the Thousand-Brains Project at about 39:00 minutes.

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## [Jeff Hawkins Mini-Columns Hypothesis?](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-hawkins-mini-columns-hypothesis/10205)

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**Author:** [@JamesLikesBrains](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/JamesLikesBrains)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-hawkins-mini-columns-hypothesis/10205 "2022-10-20T19:06:14Z")

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I found 3 talks from 2020 on your tube on a hypothetical idea of mini columns that Jeff Hawkins was working on. Here’s a screen shot a slide form two of the videos: I’m wondering if this is something Jeff is sti…

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## [Jeff Hawkins NAISys presentation](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-hawkins-naisys-presentation/8042)

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**Author:** [@cmaver](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/cmaver)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2021, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-hawkins-naisys-presentation/8042 "2021-11-06T12:49:13Z")

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Earlier this month Jeff presented at the NAISys (From Neuroscience to Artificially Intelligent Systems) conference. He gave a talk titled, “How the Brain Uses Reference Frames to Model the World and Why AI Needs to do t…

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## [Regarding anomaly detection in HTM.core](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/regarding-anomaly-detection-in-htm-core/9981)

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**Author:** [@Shwetha\_Vittal](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Shwetha_Vittal)\
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**Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 8:11am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/regarding-anomaly-detection-in-htm-core/9981 "2022-08-13T08:11:41Z")

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Dear All, I am a new user of HTM.core as I couldn’t install nupic due to Python 2 dependency. I started trying hotgym.py for anomaly detection. Here, I would like to try anomaly likelihood for my data set in 5G networks…

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## [Brains@Bay Meetup - Exploring Neuromodulators and How They Might Impact AI (Apr 13, 2022)](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/brains-bay-meetup-exploring-neuromodulators-and-how-they-might-impact-ai-apr-13-2022/9666)

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**Author:** [@clai](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/clai)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/brains-bay-meetup-exploring-neuromodulators-and-how-they-might-impact-ai-apr-13-2022/9666 "2022-04-20T19:32:03Z")

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Hi all, thank you to everyone who joined our Brains@Bay meetup on Wednesday! In case you missed it, you can catch the replay here: I’ll forward this thread to the speakers so feel free to reply with any ad…

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## [Brains@Bay Apr 13, 10am PDT: Exploring Neuromodulators & How They Might Impact AI](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/brains-bay-apr-13-10am-pdt-exploring-neuromodulators-how-they-might-impact-ai/9645)

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**Author:** [@clai](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/clai)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2022, 10:27am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/brains-bay-apr-13-10am-pdt-exploring-neuromodulators-how-they-might-impact-ai/9645 "2022-04-14T10:27:19Z")

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We’re having our next Brains@Bay meetup next week, Wednesday April 13th at 10am PDT. The topic is exploring neuromodulators and how they might impact AI, from a neuroscience and computational perspective. We have a great…

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## [A Thousand Brains Q&A with Jeff for the HTM Community](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/a-thousand-brains-q-a-with-jeff-for-the-htm-community/8380)

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**Author:** [@cmaver](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/cmaver)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/a-thousand-brains-q-a-with-jeff-for-the-htm-community/8380 "2022-01-23T18:40:08Z")

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A couple months ago, I asked for input on doing a special event with this community for Jeff to talk about his new book, A Thousand Brains. Thank you for the replies and the feedback. The consensus seemed to be that a Q&…

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## [Brains@Bay Talk December 15, 10am PT: Sensorimotor Learning in AI](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/brains-bay-talk-december-15-10am-pt-sensorimotor-learning-in-ai/9225)

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**Author:** [@clai](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/clai)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/brains-bay-talk-december-15-10am-pt-sensorimotor-learning-in-ai/9225 "2021-12-22T01:47:47Z")

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Hi everyone! We’re having our next Brains@Bay meetup next Wednesday, December 15 at 10am PT. We’re focusing on how sensorimotor learning can lead to more flexible and robust machine learning systems. We have a great lin…

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## [Brains@Bay Talk: Lateral connections in the neocortex, Wednesday June 3, 10am PDT](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/brains-bay-talk-lateral-connections-in-the-neocortex-wednesday-june-3-10am-pdt/7594)

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**Author:** [@cmaver](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/cmaver)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/brains-bay-talk-lateral-connections-in-the-neocortex-wednesday-june-3-10am-pdt/7594 "2021-10-20T05:07:27Z")

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This Wednesday June 3, we will be holding a Brains@Bay talk at 10am PDT. If you’re unfamiliar with Brains@Bay, it’s a meetup group one of our researchers started last year that focuses on how neuroscience can inspire us…

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## [Jeff Hawkins interview on Machine Learning Street Talk](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-hawkins-interview-on-machine-learning-street-talk/8918)

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**Author:** [@Falco](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Falco)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-hawkins-interview-on-machine-learning-street-talk/8918 "2021-09-06T22:40:00Z")

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Nice in-depth analysis of A Thousand Brains, followed by a great interview of @jhawkins. Also nice to include a tribute to Matt @rhyolight Taylor. I think it would have been fair for them also to mention …

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## [Jeff on Lex Fridman podcast](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-on-lex-fridman-podcast/6226)

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**Author:** [@rhyolight](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/rhyolight)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-on-lex-fridman-podcast/6226 "2021-08-14T16:05:08Z")

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Just dropped today… I really loved this interview.

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## [Jeff and Subutai at Talks at Google](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-and-subutai-at-talks-at-google/8818)

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**Author:** [@Falco](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Falco)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-and-subutai-at-talks-at-google/8818 "2021-08-08T18:11:19Z")

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Jeff Hawkins and Subutai Ahmad give a presentation at Google:

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## [The Future of Intelligence: A Conversation with Jeff Hawkins](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/the-future-of-intelligence-a-conversation-with-jeff-hawkins/8750)

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**Author:** [@gridcello](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/gridcello)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/the-future-of-intelligence-a-conversation-with-jeff-hawkins/8750 "2021-07-15T18:53:25Z")

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Came across this podcast with Jeff and Sam Harris: The Future of Intelligence: A Conversation with Jeff Hawkins (Episode #255) - YouTube | https://samharris.org/podcasts/255-future-intelligence/ Unfortunately the public…

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## [Brains@Bay Meetup - An Exploration of Grid Cells in Machine Learning (Jun 7, 2021)](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/brains-bay-meetup-an-exploration-of-grid-cells-in-machine-learning-jun-7-2021/8659)

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**Author:** [@clai](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/clai)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/brains-bay-meetup-an-exploration-of-grid-cells-in-machine-learning-jun-7-2021/8659 "2021-06-26T00:19:00Z")

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In this Brains@Bay meetup, we focused on grid cells and how they act as an inspiration for machine learning architectures. Numenta Senior Researcher Marcus Lewis started us off with a basic overview of gri…

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## [Brains@Bay Meetup - A Thousand Brains: a fireside chat with Jeff Hawkins (Apr 14, 2021)](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/brains-bay-meetup-a-thousand-brains-a-fireside-chat-with-jeff-hawkins-apr-14-2021/8445)

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**Author:** [@clai](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/clai)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2021, 6:17am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/brains-bay-meetup-a-thousand-brains-a-fireside-chat-with-jeff-hawkins-apr-14-2021/8445 "2021-06-03T06:17:35Z")

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In this meetup, neuroscientist and entrepreneur Jeff Hawkins, co-founder of Numenta, will be talking about his new book A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence. This is a fireside chat between Nume…

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## [Brains@Bay Talk this Wednesday "A Thousand Brains: a fireside chat with Jeff Hawkins"](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/brains-bay-talk-this-wednesday-a-thousand-brains-a-fireside-chat-with-jeff-hawkins/8418)

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**Author:** [@cmaver](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/cmaver)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/brains-bay-talk-this-wednesday-a-thousand-brains-a-fireside-chat-with-jeff-hawkins/8418 "2021-05-05T21:09:22Z")

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Continuing the discussion from A Thousand Brains Q&A with Jeff for the HTM Community: Based on the feedback from the community, we think it makes the most sense not to duplicate a separate Q&A event here. Instead, I e…

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## ["A Thousand Brains" virtual event for the community - input requested](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/a-thousand-brains-virtual-event-for-the-community-input-requested/8213)

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**Author:** [@cmaver](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/cmaver)\
**Replies:** 34\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/a-thousand-brains-virtual-event-for-the-community-input-requested/8213 "2021-04-13T00:52:35Z")

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In a little over a month, Jeff’s new book, A Thousand Brains, will be available, and we’d like to do a special book event with Jeff for this community. We have some ideas, but we want to hear from you as to what kind of…

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## ["A Thousand Brains" Sneak Peek - Video Series](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/a-thousand-brains-sneak-peek-video-series/8246)

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**Author:** [@clai](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/clai)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 8:59am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/a-thousand-brains-sneak-peek-video-series/8246 "2021-02-24T08:59:54Z")

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Hi everyone! Here’s a sneak peek of Jeff’s new book, A Thousand Brains, which releases on March 2. In this 4-part video series, Jeff talks to @cmaver about his motivations behind the book, what readers can expect and wha…

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## [Brains@Bay Alternatives to Backpropagation - Nov 18 9:30 am Pacific Time](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/brains-bay-alternatives-to-backpropagation-nov-18-9-30-am-pacific-time/8010)

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**Author:** [@lucasosouza](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/lucasosouza)\
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**Last updated:** [November 19, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/brains-bay-alternatives-to-backpropagation-nov-18-9-30-am-pacific-time/8010 "2020-11-19T16:50:52Z")

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Hi all! As you know we started Brains@Bay last year as an attempt to get the machine learning community closer to the neuroscience world. It is our ultimate belief that the best way to develop machine intelligence is to…

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## [Brains@Bay Talk August 26, 10am PDT: The role of active dendrites in learning](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/brains-bay-talk-august-26-10am-pdt-the-role-of-active-dendrites-in-learning/7822)

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**Author:** [@cmaver](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/cmaver)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2020, 8:07am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/brains-bay-talk-august-26-10am-pdt-the-role-of-active-dendrites-in-learning/7822 "2020-08-28T08:07:33Z")

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We’re having our next Brains@Bay meetup next week, Wednesday August 26 at 10am PDT. The topic is The role of active dendrites in learning, looking at it from a neuroscience and computational perspective. Matthew Larkum…

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## [JuliaCon 2020: HierarchicalTemporalMemory.jl](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/juliacon-2020-hierarchicaltemporalmemory-jl/7764)

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**Author:** [@Oblynx](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Oblynx)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/juliacon-2020-hierarchicaltemporalmemory-jl/7764 "2020-07-31T17:25:59Z")

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Hi! Tomorrow 31/7 16:10 UTC I’m presenting a poster about my package HierarchicalTemporalMemory.jl at JuliaCon 2020, the Julia language conference. I’d be delighted if people drop by on Discord for a chat! My poster is…

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## [Jeff Hawkins at NAISys - topic?](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-hawkins-at-naisys-topic/7161)

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**Author:** [@Balladeer](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Balladeer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-hawkins-at-naisys-topic/7161 "2020-02-10T16:56:00Z")

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Numenta’s Jan 2020 newsletter indicated that Jeff Hawkins was invited to speak at NAIsys. Does anyone know if he’s attending and, if so, what he’ll be talking about? I first heard of NAISys from the newsletter and have…

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## [Toward AGI (UCSC Silicon Valley Meetup)](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/toward-agi-ucsc-silicon-valley-meetup/6771)

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**Author:** [@rhyolight](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/rhyolight)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/toward-agi-ucsc-silicon-valley-meetup/6771 "2020-01-19T19:37:58Z")

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I will be speaking Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 6:30 PM at the UCSC Meetup in Santa Clara on what the brain can teach us about intelligence. I have not put together my slides yet, so there should be some new material f…

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## [Jeff Hawkins interview on ZDNet](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-hawkins-interview-on-zdnet/6984)

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**Author:** [@Falco](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Falco)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/jeff-hawkins-interview-on-zdnet/6984 "2019-12-31T14:58:46Z")

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Hey guys, I just came across a short interview @jhawkins gave on ZDNet. That channel has currently more than 19k subscribers but the video has only a handful of Likes. Please go and upvote that video to help spread Nume…

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## [Brains@Bay Meetup: Hebbian Learning in Neural Networks](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/brains-bay-meetup-hebbian-learning-in-neural-networks/6763)

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**Author:** [@rhyolight](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/rhyolight)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/brains-bay-meetup-hebbian-learning-in-neural-networks/6763 "2019-10-31T01:45:31Z")

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This event is in Santa Clara, CA this Wednesday night at 6:30PM. Please RSVP if you are showing up in person. I am not certain this live-stream is going to happen because of several unknown complicating factors. But I a…

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## [HTM Hackers' Hangout - Sep 6, 2019](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/htm-hackers-hangout-sep-6-2019/6553)

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**Author:** [@rhyolight](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/rhyolight)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/htm-hackers-hangout-sep-6-2019/6553 "2019-09-06T16:52:15Z")

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This is a different format that before, so please try to join the meeting ahead of time so you can install the necessary software. This meeting will not be live-streamed, but it will be recorded and posted on YouTube lik…

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## [Testing out ZOOM for live meetings](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/testing-out-zoom-for-live-meetings/6523)

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**Author:** [@rhyolight](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/rhyolight)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/testing-out-zoom-for-live-meetings/6523 "2019-08-29T17:04:49Z")

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I keep getting a notification that Google Hangouts “On Air” (meaning live-streamed to YouTube) is going away soon, but they haven’t offered a replacement. Zoom is an alternative. I just created a live meeting, and I am t…

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