The spectrum of computation and memory (centralized, separated, serial -> networked, identical, parallel)

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It seems we are asking some of the same questions:

What is the Basic Cortical Column Computation?

I struggle to pin down exactly what it is that a macro-column is doing; there is a lot going on here. Pattern matching (by pattern recall) Novelty detection (by pattern recall mismatch) Pattern learning (by novelty triggering learning) Anomaly signaling (by sequence mismatch mechanism) Sequence learning (by anomaly signal triggering learning) Prediction (by sequence learning) “Memory” (by the collective action of these mechanisms?) So we add these ensemble macro behaviors: Classifier (by pa…