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## [Creating Intelligence - A Computational Foundation for AGI](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/creating-intelligence-a-computational-foundation-for-agi/12455)

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**Author:** [@POv](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/POv)\
**Replies:** 67\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 2:11pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/creating-intelligence-a-computational-foundation-for-agi/12455 "2026-09-23T14:11:00Z")

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Hi everyone, It’s been four years since my Triadic Memory project was discussed here. That topic became the most-replied-to thread on this forum, and I am still incredibly grateful for the discussions we had. Now, I’m…

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## [SDR classification](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/sdr-classification/12177)

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**Author:** [@spitfire](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/spitfire)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2026, 1:49am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/sdr-classification/12177 "2026-01-11T01:49:50Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to building a swipe keyboard recognizer. My data has Time, X, Y stroke recordings. So I can either give a timeseries, or a 2d image between each word. I also have a labeled dictionary to go with stroke …

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## [Gated Linear Associative Memory](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/gated-linear-associative-memory/12300)

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**Author:** [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/gated-linear-associative-memory/12300 "2026-04-09T22:54:21Z")

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I wrote this about a weight matrix being simple linear associative memory and then ReLU functions acting as gates resulting in context based sub-selection of weights in the weight matrix. So then you are really getting …

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## [Topological Harmonic Cognition](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/topological-harmonic-cognition/12387)

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**Author:** [@Davis\_Sai](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Davis_Sai)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/topological-harmonic-cognition/12387 "2026-07-23T17:43:20Z")

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Topological Harmonic Cognition: Variational Deficit Resolution on Co-Evolving Neural Cellular Automata abstract ===== We propose a theory of cognition and reasoning based on a dynamically self-reconfiguring Neural Cel…

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## [Open-source text SDR encoder?](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/open-source-text-sdr-encoder/12127)

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**Author:** [@sean](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/sean)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/open-source-text-sdr-encoder/12127 "2025-12-22T13:30:50Z")

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Anyone knows of an open-source SDR encoder for text (ideally multilingual)? I am cooking sth. up myself using bag of words and self-organizing maps but would like to see existing methods

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## [The Dynamic Deficit Hypothesis: A Radical Abstraction of Self, Sensation, and Consciousness](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/the-dynamic-deficit-hypothesis-a-radical-abstraction-of-self-sensation-and-consciousness/12613)

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**Author:** [@LEMA](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/LEMA)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/the-dynamic-deficit-hypothesis-a-radical-abstraction-of-self-sensation-and-consciousness/12613 "2026-09-22T02:08:39Z")

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You’d really help me out if we pick this controversial topic apart piece by piece I would like to share a controversial and speculative hypothesis regarding the nature of subjective experience. The paper, titled “The Dy…

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## [Selective Self-Organization Hypothesis (GSS 1.0) An Operational Architecture of Functional Subjectivity (with Ontological Extensions)](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/selective-self-organization-hypothesis-gss-1-0-an-operational-architecture-of-functional-subjectivity-with-ontological-extensions/12583)

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**Author:** [@LEMA](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/LEMA)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 3:56am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/selective-self-organization-hypothesis-gss-1-0-an-operational-architecture-of-functional-subjectivity-with-ontological-extensions/12583 "2026-09-11T03:56:50Z")

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I propose an alternative architecture for understanding functional subjectivity based on selective self-organization, rather than on the training methods of modern neural networks. Instead of optimizing a loss function …

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## [Neuron Populations: Mathematical Structure of Data and Operations](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/neuron-populations-mathematical-structure-of-data-and-operations/12538)

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**Author:** [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/neuron-populations-mathematical-structure-of-data-and-operations/12538 "2026-09-09T13:09:28Z")

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This paper on the biological brain seems to fit in with the concatenated context selected linear mapping viewpoint of artificial neural networks. https://arxiv.org/html/2309.02332v3 See what you think anyway.

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## [Linear Mappings have a Memory](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/linear-mappings-have-a-memory/12585)

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**Author:** [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/linear-mappings-have-a-memory/12585 "2026-09-11T15:04:39Z")

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Note about the memory effects seen when you use linear mappings as associative memory. Prior memories can hang around for a long time, including random memories programmed in by random initialization. That’s because st…

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## [Neural Topographic Maps & CCSLM](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/neural-topographic-maps-ccslm/12612)

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**Author:** [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/neural-topographic-maps-ccslm/12612 "2026-09-24T23:00:14Z")

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I recalled that there are sensory topographic maps in the brain. Why would the brain do that, unless it wanted to apply a sequence of not too drastic geometric mapping to the data? Perhaps along the lines of linear mappi…

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## [BDH (Baby Dragon Hatchling)](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/bdh-baby-dragon-hatchling/12185)

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**Author:** [@MTIzNDU2Nzg5](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/MTIzNDU2Nzg5)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 10:37am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/bdh-baby-dragon-hatchling/12185 "2026-07-21T10:37:30Z")

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Https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.26507 This paper on BDH (Baby Dragon Hatchling). It’s basically an attempt to replace the Transformer bottleneck with a scale-free graph of “neuron particles.” The technical gist: No KV Ca…

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## [HTM Interactive Explainer](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/htm-interactive-explainer/12350)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Misztur](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Chris_Misztur)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 9:16am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/htm-interactive-explainer/12350 "2026-04-09T09:16:09Z")

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Here is an interactive resource that helped me wrap my head around the various stages and components of HTM.

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## [Column/assembly graph neural network](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/column-assembly-graph-neural-network/12345)

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**Author:** [@richardbaxter](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/richardbaxter)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2026, 5:20am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/column-assembly-graph-neural-network/12345 "2026-05-13T05:20:36Z")

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I have created a knowledgebase/graph neural network architecture (GIAANN prototype) which can be used to predict the next token in a sequence. It trains a set of columns for every new noun encountered in a textual corpus…

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## [🚀 Meet Monty 2026: Online Meetup Invitation Dec 17th @ 9AM PST](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/meet-monty-2026-online-meetup-invitation-dec-17th-9am-pst/12174)

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**Author:** [@codeallthethingz](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/codeallthethingz)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/meet-monty-2026-online-meetup-invitation-dec-17th-9am-pst/12174 "2025-12-19T23:59:31Z")

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Hi HTM Community :waving\_hand: I’m Will, the community manager over at the Thousand Brains Project. We’d like to invite you all to a meetup next week (which will be recorded and posted on YouTube if you can’t make it) w…

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## [New Biologically Constrained Learning Rule](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/new-biologically-constrained-learning-rule/12291)

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**Author:** [@dmac](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/dmac)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/new-biologically-constrained-learning-rule/12291 "2026-07-28T14:25:47Z")

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A generalized mathematical framework for the calcium control hypothesis describes weight‐dependent synaptic plasticity Toviah Moldwin, Li Shay Azran, Idan Segev (2025) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10827-025-00894-6 Abstra…

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## [Shared brain structure among different intelligent species](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/shared-brain-structure-among-different-intelligent-species/12201)

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**Author:** [@sean](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/sean)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/shared-brain-structure-among-different-intelligent-species/12201 "2026-01-22T16:53:42Z")

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I just finished reading “A Thousand Brains” by Jeff Hawkins - great book (here is my review)! He identifies cortical columns in the human neocortex as the key part of intelligence, which implement reference frames (to fo…

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## [State of Brain Emulation Report 2025](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/state-of-brain-emulation-report-2025/12467)

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**Author:** [@dmac](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/dmac)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2026, 9:04am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/state-of-brain-emulation-report-2025/12467 "2026-07-19T09:04:03Z")

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State of Brain Emulation Report 2025 A comprehensive report of the current status of whole-brain simulation. This focuses on five model organisms (c. elegans, larval zebrafish, drosophilia, mouse, human).

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## [Using HTM for logical deduction/induction and prediction of sentences](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/using-htm-for-logical-deduction-induction-and-prediction-of-sentences/12195)

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**Author:** [@Aidan\_Busby](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Aidan_Busby)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/using-htm-for-logical-deduction-induction-and-prediction-of-sentences/12195 "2026-01-27T14:35:14Z")

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Hello all, I have recently been experimenting with the HTM.core code to train an HTM network to learn the logic behind a corpus of sentences. Currently, they look like this: “If A is in X, where is A?” Here is my trai…

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## [Column selection in ReLU neural networks induces associative memory](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/column-selection-in-relu-neural-networks-induces-associative-memory/12360)

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**Author:** [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2026, 7:28am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/column-selection-in-relu-neural-networks-induces-associative-memory/12360 "2026-04-27T07:28:25Z")

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I seem to be on some kind of documentation spree. https://archive.org/details/column-selection-in-re-lu-networks-as-hashing These could be helpful: https://archive.org/details/associative-memory-as-a-hashed-linear-rea…

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## [Proposed theory of consciousness](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/proposed-theory-of-consciousness/12297)

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**Author:** [@Aidan\_Busby](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Aidan_Busby)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/proposed-theory-of-consciousness/12297 "2026-03-18T20:07:16Z")

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Hello all- I have recently been developing a relational-ontology based framework of consciousness. I would appreciate any feedback/constructive criticism (or destructive, I suppose, if anyone has serious objections) of …

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## [Fused layer neural network](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/fused-layer-neural-network/12202)

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**Author:** [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/fused-layer-neural-network/12202 "2026-02-10T13:36:10Z")

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SWNet16 neural network: https://archive.org/details/sw-net-16-b Fuses multiple width 16 CReLU layers into one larger layer using the one-to-all connectivity of a fast transform. Then stacks those layers into a neural n…

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## [Progress in the Analysis of Cortical Circuit Implementations](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/progress-in-the-analysis-of-cortical-circuit-implementations/12530)

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**Author:** [@jacobeverist](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/jacobeverist)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 6:28am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/progress-in-the-analysis-of-cortical-circuit-implementations/12530 "2026-09-10T06:28:54Z")

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Hello all! FYI, this post is mirrored on my blog although I’m writing directly to you folks. Some time ago I coined the term Discrete Cortical Circuits and described the distinguishing characteristics that many have in…

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## [The End of the Transistor? The Chip That Thinks Like a Brain](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/the-end-of-the-transistor-the-chip-that-thinks-like-a-brain/12141)

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**Author:** [@Peter2](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Peter2)\
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**Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 9:26am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/the-end-of-the-transistor-the-chip-that-thinks-like-a-brain/12141 "2025-12-09T09:26:07Z")

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## [Explicit Context Variables for Context-Conditioned Linear Systems](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/explicit-context-variables-for-context-conditioned-linear-systems/12511)

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**Author:** [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/explicit-context-variables-for-context-conditioned-linear-systems/12511 "2026-08-17T13:42:28Z")

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If you think a context dependent chain of linear mappings is a good approach then you have a lot of opportunity to include context signals often seen in biological systems: https://archive.org/details/technical-note-exp…

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## [Richer than ReLU](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/richer-than-relu/12364)

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**Author:** [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)\
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**Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/richer-than-relu/12364 "2026-05-09T22:08:57Z")

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ReLU is great and all that but you are just zeroing channels based on decisions (x\>0?) You could created interactions between the decisions and use those for weight matrix interaction. https://archive.org/details/hd-dh…

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## [WHD Mixing With Two Path ReLU](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/whd-mixing-with-two-path-relu/12356)

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**Author:** [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)\
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**Last updated:** [April 19, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/whd-mixing-with-two-path-relu/12356 "2026-04-19T01:32:28Z")

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One reason the fast Walsh Hadamard transform may be useful in neural networks is more efficient (less correlated) parameter usage. Looked at here from the 2 path ReLU perspective: https://archive.org/details/technical-n…

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## [Interactive Visualization of Discrete Cortical Circuits (DCC)](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/interactive-visualization-of-discrete-cortical-circuits-dcc/12136)

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**Author:** [@jacobeverist](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/jacobeverist)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/interactive-visualization-of-discrete-cortical-circuits-dcc/12136 "2025-12-04T19:42:30Z")

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Hello all! I just wanted to share a project I’ve been working on for some time. I cross-posted this over at the TBT forum since I’m not sure where the conversation is these days. Just a bit about me. I was introduced…

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## [Broad "If" statements in neural networks from context](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/broad-if-statements-in-neural-networks-from-context/12625)

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**Author:** [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/broad-if-statements-in-neural-networks-from-context/12625 "2026-10-02T16:30:32Z")

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If you accept (or are willing to hypothesize) that a neural network is a sequence of context selected linear mappings, then applying SVD to the matrices is very telling: https://archive.org/details/the-broad-if-statemen…

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## [DCC Studio Demonstration](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/dcc-studio-demonstration/12533)

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**Author:** [@jacobeverist](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/jacobeverist)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2026, 12:05pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/dcc-studio-demonstration/12533 "2026-08-26T12:05:41Z")

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For over a year now, I’ve been working hard on a web-based application for building, exploring, and learning about Discrete Cortical Circuits (DCC), which I now call the DCC Studio. It’s finally in a state where I’m com…

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## [The Geometry inside a neural network - artificial or biological](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/the-geometry-inside-a-neural-network-artificial-or-biological/12267)

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**Author:** [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2026, 10:10am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/the-geometry-inside-a-neural-network-artificial-or-biological/12267 "2026-03-13T10:10:55Z")

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There have been a number of papers about the emergence of geometric form inside neural networks over the past few years: Here is one of the later ones: Reddit - The heart of the internet

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## [Real Neuro-Symbolic AI - BrainStem\_V8 Needs to Sleep](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/real-neuro-symbolic-ai-brainstem-v8-needs-to-sleep/12515)

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**Author:** [@unikum-sol](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/unikum-sol)\
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**Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/real-neuro-symbolic-ai-brainstem-v8-needs-to-sleep/12515 "2026-07-28T13:35:26Z")

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Why the Next Generation of AI Needs to Sleep: 5 Surprising Lessons from Bio-Digital Brains. RNS-AI Current artificial intelligence architectures face a profound existential hurdle: the “hallucination” problem. These…

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## [Fast Walsh Hadamard transform for global mixing in neural networks](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/fast-walsh-hadamard-transform-for-global-mixing-in-neural-networks/12352)

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**Author:** [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2026, 4:25am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/fast-walsh-hadamard-transform-for-global-mixing-in-neural-networks/12352 "2026-04-11T04:25:05Z")

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I suppose this is getting exhausting https://archive.org/details/fast-walsh-hadamard-transform-in-neural-networks-clean-view The idea is you can make local computations in a neural network layer global with a fast tran…

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## [SDR Transformer](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/sdr-transformer/12250)

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**Author:** [@aamir121a](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/aamir121a)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/sdr-transformer/12250 "2026-01-31T13:04:19Z")

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My POC on replacing the dense embedding layer with SDR . Works by being trained in math and logic. Transform Qwen Transformer to SDR Qwen transformer

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## [Machines That Invent Logic: Self-Discovering Symbolic Abstractions from Unlabeled Primitives](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/machines-that-invent-logic-self-discovering-symbolic-abstractions-from-unlabeled-primitives/12239)

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**Author:** [@Davis\_Sai](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Davis_Sai)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/machines-that-invent-logic-self-discovering-symbolic-abstractions-from-unlabeled-primitives/12239 "2026-01-26T17:11:42Z")

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title:Machines That Invent Logic: Self-Discovering Symbolic Abstractions from Unlabeled Primitives author: Tofara Moyo abstract Wepresent a self-discovering abstraction engine that invents its own symbolic language fr…

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## [SDR transformer live training](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/sdr-transformer-live-training/12450)

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**Author:** [@aamir121a](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/aamir121a)\
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**Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/sdr-transformer-live-training/12450 "2026-06-12T13:08:34Z")

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Training a 2 bit SDR transformer , SDR learns the mapping of 'Internet to ’ ‘Usage’ Prompt: \[The internet is\] Generated: \[ available to millions by making such strong connections. The network encompasses the func…

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## [Tried feeding Grok the forum with a question](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/tried-feeding-grok-the-forum-with-a-question/12113)

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**Author:** [@BrainVx](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/BrainVx)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/tried-feeding-grok-the-forum-with-a-question/12113 "2025-11-20T00:00:33Z")

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Thought this might be of interest and stoke some ideas. Having used Grok for a number of different areas (legal, code, physics, conceptual, etc.) I thought I would see what Grok made of the site and the posts in relatio…

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## [Atlas LSH neural networks](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/atlas-lsh-neural-networks/12457)

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**Author:** [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 12:32am UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/atlas-lsh-neural-networks/12457 "2026-07-03T00:32:16Z")

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I’ve been exploring some ideas about locality sensitive hash based neural networks. https://archive.org/details/atlas-lsh-neural-networks-an-intuitive-overview You can click on “uploaded by” for more information.

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## [A conceptual proposal similar to Reference Frames: The Abstractive Thinking Model (ATM)](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/a-conceptual-proposal-similar-to-reference-frames-the-abstractive-thinking-model-atm/12125)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Monclare](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Jonathan_Monclare)\
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Hi everyone, my name is Jonathan Monclare. I am an AI enthusiast coming from a non-traditional background. Since I lack professional technical skills and engineering knowledge, I attempted to approach this from a diffe…

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## [A Self-Discovering Abstraction Engine via Variational Symmetry, Typed Program Induction, and Neural-Symbolic Compilation](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/a-self-discovering-abstraction-engine-via-variational-symmetry-typed-program-induction-and-neural-symbolic-compilation/12206)

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**Author:** [@Davis\_Sai](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Davis_Sai)\
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A Self-Discovering Abstraction Engine via Variational Symmetry, Typed Program Induction, and Neural-Symbolic Compilation author : Tofara Moyo abstract We present a general-purpose abstraction engine capable of discover…

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## [Context based learning and the best average linear mapping](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/context-based-learning-and-the-best-average-linear-mapping/12465)

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**Author:** [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)\
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Given a context at each layer that selects parameters for a linear mapping, training produces the best average linear mapping for that context. Then the entire networks is a composition of best average linear mappings. …

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## [My Brainstem RNS-AI project has made progress](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/my-brainstem-rns-ai-project-has-made-progress/12627)

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**Author:** [@unikum-sol](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/unikum-sol)\
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Here is my current project status, it has become quite extensive in the meantime. I look forward to feedback and discussions. Here is a small excerpt. „BrainStem is a self-learning language-understanding system desi…

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## [Two Pathway ReLU neural networks](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/two-pathway-relu-neural-networks/12358)

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**Author:** [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)\
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I created this document. https://archive.org/details/2-pathway-re-lu-big-picture It is says a number of things. An ordinary ReLU neural network breaks down the input space into a number of piece-wise linear regions. H…

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## [Feedback wanted: Hobbist-built Codec for Large Sparse Binary Vectors](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/feedback-wanted-hobbist-built-codec-for-large-sparse-binary-vectors/12507)

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**Author:** [@Nik\_Bielski](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Nik_Bielski)\
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My cousins and I have been developing a new codec for very large sparse binary vectors, and the initial results seems promising for parameter free encodings. Initially we thought it might be pretty novel, because the cod…

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## [Decision Matrices, Rank, And Information Flow In Neural Networks](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/decision-matrices-rank-and-information-flow-in-neural-networks/12355)

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**Author:** [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)\
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Decision Matrices, Rank, And Information Flow In Neural Networks: https://archive.org/details/decision-matrices-rank-and-information-flow-in-neural-networks You can click on uploaded by for related documents.

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## [Data dependent operator selection layers](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/data-dependent-operator-selection-layers/12359)

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**Author:** [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)\
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I mentioned a while ago the notion of a very basic neural network being the product of data dependent matrix choices. Eg. A₄B₃B₂A₁x for data dependent choices of A or B. I kinda extended the idea here. https://archive.…

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## [Random Projection Sub-Sampling and Restoration](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/random-projection-sub-sampling-and-restoration/12431)

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**Author:** [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)\
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One thing I noticed experimenting with associative memory is splitting the data into 2 information orthogonal paths improved the results a lot. Therefore why not split it into multiple orthogonal paths using say random …

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## [The Triad of Context Driven Learning](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/the-triad-of-context-driven-learning/12458)

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**Author:** [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)\
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I wrote up some details of context driven learning in as simple a way as I could: https://archive.org/details/triad-of-context-driven-learning The triad is: Context Conditional computing Learning

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## [Cognitive Coherence Model (CCM - A cognitive standalone architecture)](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/cognitive-coherence-model-ccm-a-cognitive-standalone-architecture/12451)

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**Author:** [@Akimsa\_3](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Akimsa_3)\
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Hi everybody i’m Akimsa3 the creator of the CCM (Cognitive Coherence Model). A standalone cognitive architecture that tries to aim to replicate cognitive process beyond a single channel, now it has an early build impleme…

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## [Tiny Recursion Models](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/tiny-recursion-models/12289)

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**Author:** [@MTIzNDU2Nzg5](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/MTIzNDU2Nzg5)\
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## [Lessons from CCSLM for Understanding Animal Neural Networks](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/lessons-from-ccslm-for-understanding-animal-neural-networks/12529)

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**Author:** [@SeanOConnor](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/SeanOConnor)\
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Experiments and discussions around concatenated context-selected linear mapping systems suggest several constraints that may be relevant to biological neural networks. https://archive.org/details/lessons-from-concatenat…

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