# Numenta Research Meeting - August 19, 2020

**URL:** <https://discourse.numenta.org/t/numenta-research-meeting-august-19-2020/7823>\
**Category:** Current Research\
**Created:** [August 20, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/numenta-research-meeting-august-19-2020/7823 "2020-08-20T12:53:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/numenta-research-meeting-august-19-2020/7823/1 "2020-08-20T12:53:40Z")

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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hsQ5ITzGkkY/maxresdefault.jpg "Continual Learning Dilemma - Memory vs. Generalization - August 19, 2020") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsQ5ITzGkkY)

Marcus Lewis discusses how continual learning presents a dilemma of memory vs generalization. He also presents an idea that quick few-shot learning (e.g. MAML) may offer a different, and biologically plausible way of solving this dilemma.  
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