# Chaos/reservoir computing and sequential cognitive models like HTM

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**Category:** Tangential Theories\
**Created:** [March 9, 2023, 6:52am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/chaos-reservoir-computing-and-sequential-cognitive-models-like-htm/10543 "2023-03-09T06:52:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/chaos-reservoir-computing-and-sequential-cognitive-models-like-htm/10543/92 "2023-03-21T12:30:17Z")

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> [@complyue](#):
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> I but am not clear how a machine shall decide what it needs/wants, at any time, if it can, it must already have got intelligence.

The older parts of the brain know what it wants!  
Regarding those older parts, the cortex is just an add-on co-processor.

> [@Low level processing in the old brain](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/low-level-processing-in-the-old-brain/6008):
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> I have posted several times offering that the lower-level control structures work something like a Boltzmann or Hopfield network. I would like to expand on this concept. Let’s start with the basics. In the brainstem processing, we have many body sensors that sample blood-based messengers such as [osmotic concentration](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmotic_concentration) or glucose levels. All of the body sensations also pass through these systems and provide additional information on the outside environment. It is the job of these low-level contr…

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