Epstein Secrets

e best) classification accuracy via an architecture with so much biological realism. Itamar's architecture, like that of Jeff Hawkins (but unlike Poggio's), does not aspire to detailed biological realism. This allows it to use recurrent connections (which Poggio doesn't use in his architecture yet s

onnections of the visual cortex; and it's not actually the highest-accuracy video or image classifier currently available.... The novel thing about Poggio's approach isn't so much its classification accuracy (which is not the best) but the fact that it achieves GOOD (even if not the best) classificat

like that of Jeff Hawkins (but unlike Poggio's), does not aspire to detailed biological realism. This allows it to use recurrent connections (which Poggio doesn't use in his architecture yet so far as I know, probably because we don't yet know how recurrent connections work in the visual cortex, and P

one's cognition system. And Poggio's vision system is NOT suitable to be hooked up to a cognition system due to the lack of recurrent connections. Jeff Hawkins' vision system is not suitable either because Hawkins has made some very poor architectural choices. Itamar's system *is* suitable to hook up to a c

e best) classification accuracy via an architecture with so much biological realism. Itamar's architecture, like that of Jeff Hawkins (but unlike Poggio's), does not aspire to detailed biological realism. This allows it to use recurrent connections (which Poggio doesn't use in his architecture yet s

onnections of the visual cortex; and it's not actually the highest-accuracy video or image classifier currently available.... The novel thing about Poggio's approach isn't so much its classification accuracy (which is not the best) but the fact that it achieves GOOD (even if not the best) classificat

like that of Jeff Hawkins (but unlike Poggio's), does not aspire to detailed biological realism. This allows it to use recurrent connections (which Poggio doesn't use in his architecture yet so far as I know, probably because we don't yet know how recurrent connections work in the visual cortex, and P

one's cognition system. And Poggio's vision system is NOT suitable to be hooked up to a cognition system due to the lack of recurrent connections. Jeff Hawkins' vision system is not suitable either because Hawkins has made some very poor architectural choices. Itamar's system *is' suitable to hook up to a c

ns and his employees ;-) I.e., he is extremely sure he has the One True Path ... far more so than all the rest of us egomaniacs.... I doubt that Poggio knows about Itamar's work, but I suspect he would like it. Regarding perception processing, Itamar has the same basic philosophy as Poggio ... the

oubt that Poggio knows about Itamar's work, but I suspect he would like it. Regarding perception processing, Itamar has the same basic philosophy as Poggio ... the difference is that Poggio is focusing on brain modeling whereas Itamar is trying to build AGI. Which allows Itamar to insert architectural

known. At the Industry Day for the DARPA Deep Learning BAA (a few months ago), Itamar and I talked to the guys who are working on commercializing Poggio's stuff for image and video classification, and they said they are having a lot of trouble getting good results on practical problems. But Poggio h

cognition system. And Poggio's vision >> system is NOT suitable to be hooked up to a cognition system due to >> the lack of recurrent connections. Jeff Hawkins' vision system is not >> suitable either because Hawkins has made some very poor architectural EFTA_R1_01511232 EFTA02438168 >> choices. Itamar'

onnections of the visual cortex; and it's not actually the highest-accuracy video or image classifier currently available.... The novel thing about Poggio's approach isn't so much its classification accuracy (which is not the best) but the fact that it achieves GOOD (even if not the best) classificati

like that of Jeff Hawkins (but unlike Poggio's), does not aspire to detailed biological realism. This allows it to use recurrent connections (which Poggio doesn't use in his architecture yet so far as I know, probably because we don't yet know how recurrent connections work in the visual cortex, and P

o doesn't use in his architecture yet so far as I know, probably because we don't yet know how recurrent connections work in the visual cortex, and Poggio is committed to biological realism). Actually, I think the "secret sauce" of AGI lies in cognition not vision ... but I also think that it's great

one's cognition system. And Poggio's vision system is NOT suitable to be hooked up to a cognition system due to the lack of recurrent connections. Jeff Hawkins' vision system is not suitable either because Hawkins has made some very poor architectural choices. Itamar's system *is* suitable to hook up to a