From a philosophy point of view RNNs are the closest “traditional neural network” to HTM in terms of what it does and how you structure problems.
As a HTM hobbyist it may be very helpful to become familiar with RNN technology. One of the areas where RNNs have seen success is in NLP (Natural Language Processing). I don’t think that it is necessary to mindlessly copy what RNNS are doing so much as a way to identify and think about the tasks in language processing when using a predictive system.
I just got these in my latest dispatch from my Medium daily digest:
But really - this stuff is everywhere; Google “RNN nlp” for a cornucopia of information on this topic.
Perhaps an overwhelming amount. That said - I would rather have too much than too little.