Years ago I was introduced to a young autistic man while my sister was working at a camp for ‘adult children’.  Steven was polite and well spoken among his peers, but had few real friends.   He also had a savant-like gift for dates.  If Steven were asked, “What day of the week was it on [...]

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NewScientist is reporting on predictive software systems being patented. Doesn’t anyone bother looking for prior art anymore? A simple Google search would show you that wake-sleep learning and Hierarchical Temporal Models (HTM) have been around for years now. I’ve even seen papers discussing their use in predicting human behavior relating to music sales. I’m working [...]

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