Is this conversation going anywhere? It seems to me that @bkaz has a viewpoint exactly counter to one of the HTM Community’s and Numenta’s primary positions: understanding the brain is the fastest way to understand what intelligence is and how to create it in machines.
Since we cannot get past that first core principle, I don’t see that this conversation is going to produce anything.
If you think studying the brain and the neocortex is the best way to implement machine intelligence, continue reading and participating in HTM Forum and its associated projects. If you disagree, feel free to join @bkaz’s efforts.